RA 210.4312° · Dec -45.6034° · star
8 more points to reach Epic.
Ups2Cen is a rare star. It lies about 1,269.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cen, shines at apparent magnitude 4.34 and has spectral type F6II.
Its spectrum reads F6II — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Ups2Cen in the constellation Cen. At apparent magnitude 4.34, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Ups2Cen 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.
Ups2Cen scores 42 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star, Bright giant and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.