RA 204.7122° · Dec 70.2854° · star
16 more points to reach Epic.
HIP 66578 is a rare star. It lies about 85.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMi, shines at apparent magnitude 12.79 and has spectral type DA:.
Its spectrum reads DA: — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.
Look for HIP 66578 in the constellation UMi. At apparent magnitude 12.79, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 66578 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 66578 scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White dwarf (a burnt-out core) 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.