RA 208.4296° · Dec -53.3733° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
HR 5217 is an uncommon star. It lies about 901 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cen, shines at apparent magnitude 5.87 and has spectral type B5III.
Its spectrum reads B5III — 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 HR 5217 in the constellation Cen. At apparent magnitude 5.87, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 5217 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.
HR 5217 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star and Giant 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.