RA 192.8249° · Dec -60.3298° · star
27 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 4876 is an epic variable star. It sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 5.71 and has spectral type A2Iab.
Its spectrum reads A2Iab — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 4876 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 5.71, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 4876 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
HR 4876 scores 51 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 27 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Under the Southern Cross, White A-type star, Supergiant, Gently variable and A named variable star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.