RA 213.3708° · Dec 51.7900° · star
4 more points to reach Rare.
17Kap2Boo is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 163.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Boo, shines at apparent magnitude 4.53 and has spectral type A8IV.
Its spectrum reads A8IV — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for 17Kap2Boo in the constellation Boo. At apparent magnitude 4.53, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 17Kap2Boo 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.
17Kap2Boo scores 30 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, White A-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), Gently variable 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.