Trash star 8 EP

HD 113194

RA 195.5863° · Dec -26.7871° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges

8 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Star +3
Orange K-type star +3
Main-sequence star +2

Total score 8

7 more points to reach Common.

Badges

Star · +3
Orange K-type star · +3
Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K4V — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Where it is in life. It is on the main sequence, quietly fusing hydrogen in its core exactly as the Sun does.

Sense of scale

In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

How to spot it. At magnitude 8.3 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Hydra.
Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around April — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag: 7.097
bv: 1.216
constellation: Hya
dist ly: 58.0763
luminosity: 0.1262
mag: 8.35
name: HD 113194
spect: K4V

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About HD 113194

HD 113194 is a trash star. It lies about 58.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 8.35 and has spectral type K4V.

Its spectrum reads K4V — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HD 113194 in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 8.35, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 113194 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 HD 113194 is a trash star

HD 113194 scores 8 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Orange K-type star and Main-sequence 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.