RA 204.9719° · Dec -53.4664° · star
5 more points to reach Epic.
Eps Cen is a rare variable star. It lies about 427.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cen, shines at apparent magnitude 2.29 and has spectral type B1III.
Its spectrum reads B1III — 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 Eps Cen in the constellation Cen. At apparent magnitude 2.29, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Eps Cen 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.
Eps Cen scores 45 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Giant star, Blue-white star, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2), 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.