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Uncommon star 32 EP

Muphrid

RA 208.6712° · Dec 18.3977° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
32 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) +5
  • Star +3
Total score 32

2 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a subgiant, caught in the act of leaving the main sequence as the hydrogen in its core runs out.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 2.7 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Boötes.
  • 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. ≈ 653.2 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
2.396
bv
0.58
constellation
Boo
dist ly
37.1687
luminosity
9.5852
mag
2.68
name
Muphrid
named
yes
spect
G0IV

About Muphrid

Muphrid is an uncommon star. It lies about 37.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Boo, shines at apparent magnitude 2.68 and has spectral type G0IV.

Its spectrum reads G0IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for Muphrid in the constellation Boo. At apparent magnitude 2.68, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, Muphrid 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 Muphrid is an uncommon star

Muphrid scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Sun-like G-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.