RA 193.8690° · Dec 65.4385° · star
13 more points to reach Epic.
Taiyi is a rare variable star. It lies about 95.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 5.23 and has spectral type A5n.
Its spectrum reads A5n — 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 Taiyi in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 5.23, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Taiyi 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.
Taiyi scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-type star, 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.