RA 206.6486° · Dec 54.4327° · star
1 more point to reach Rare.
84 UMa is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 290.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 5.68 and has spectral type B9p EuCr.
Its spectrum reads B9p EuCr — 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 84 UMa in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 5.68, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 84 UMa 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.
84 UMa scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Blue-white 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.