RA 198.3073° · Dec -2.5557° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
HD 114842 is a trash variable star. It lies about 180.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vir and shines at apparent magnitude 7.56.
This star does not hold still: its brightness rises and falls on a rhythm of hours, days or years, either pulsing in size or being eclipsed by a companion.
Look for HD 114842 in the constellation Vir. At apparent magnitude 7.56, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 114842 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.
HD 114842 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Variable star, On the zodiac, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.