RA 202.6230° · Dec -23.6495° · star
5 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 117408 is a common variable star. It lies about 441.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 7.89 and has spectral type A0V.
Its spectrum reads A0V — 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 HD 117408 in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 7.89, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 117408 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 117408 scores 17 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Variable star, White A-type star, Main-sequence star, 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.