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Trash star 11 EP

HR 4887

RA 193.3412° · Dec -60.3285° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Naked-eye visible · +8

Properties

absmag
-14.25
bv
0.295
constellation
Cru
mag
5.75
name
HR 4887
spect
B9Ia

About HR 4887

HR 4887 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 5.75 and has spectral type B9Ia.

HR 4887 is a trash star worth 11 points across 2 science badges. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HR 4887 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 5.75, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, HR 4887 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.

Why HR 4887 is a trash star

HR 4887 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Naked-eye visible — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.