RA 203.7999° · Dec 13.4622° · star
5 more points to reach Uncommon.
HIP 66291 is a common star. It lies about 665.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vir, shines at apparent magnitude 11.84 and has spectral type B3p.
Its spectrum reads B3p — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HIP 66291 in the constellation Vir. At apparent magnitude 11.84, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 66291 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.
HIP 66291 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 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type 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.