RA 202.1130° · Dec 59.9458° · star
7 more points to reach Rare.
HR 5085 is an uncommon star. It lies about 232.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 5.4 and has spectral type A1Vn.
Its spectrum reads A1Vn — 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 5085 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 5.4, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 5085 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 5085 scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-type star, Main-sequence star and Blue-white 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.