Common star 21 EP

HIP 65749

RA 202.1693° · Dec 13.7346° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges

21 pts · Common

Common 22 pts → Uncommon

Bright giant +12
Star +3
On the zodiac +3
Orange K-type star +3

Total score 21

1 more point to reach Uncommon.

Badges

Star · +3
On the zodiac · +3
Orange K-type star · +3
Bright giant · +12

Trivia

Hard to believe

True brightness. It pours out about 3.2 million times as much light as the Sun. It only looks ordinary because it is so far away.

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K0II — 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 a bright giant, well on its way to the largest stars there are.

Find it in the sky

How to spot it. At magnitude 8.6 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Virgo.
Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around April — that's when to go looking.

Its true colour

Its true colour. Measured through blue and visual filters it comes out orange (B−V 1) — cooler than the Sun, and the kind of star that burns steadily for tens of billions of years.

By the numbers

Surface temperature. Its colour puts the surface at roughly 4740 K, against the Sun's 5778 K.

Properties

absmag: -11.42
bv: 1
constellation: Vir
luminosity: 3221068.7913
mag: 8.58
name: HIP 65749
spect: K0II

Nearby objects

About HIP 65749

HIP 65749 is a common star. It sits in the constellation Vir, shines at apparent magnitude 8.58 and has spectral type K0II.

Its spectrum reads K0II — 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 HIP 65749 in the constellation Vir. At apparent magnitude 8.58, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 65749 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 HIP 65749 is a common star

HIP 65749 scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star and Bright giant — 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.