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Common star 18 EP

HIP 67549

RA 207.6163° · Dec 56.1691° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
18 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Deep red star +8
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
  • Star +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 18

4 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
  • Orange K-type star · +3
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K5 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11.3 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Ursa Major.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around April — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 352.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
7.146
bv
1.555
constellation
UMa
dist ly
226.0264
luminosity
0.1207
mag
11.35
name
HIP 67549
spect
K5

About HIP 67549

HIP 67549 is a common star. It lies about 226 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 11.35 and has spectral type K5.

Its spectrum reads K5 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HIP 67549 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 11.35, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 67549 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.

Why HIP 67549 is a common star

HIP 67549 scores 18 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Orange K-type star and Deep red 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.