Common variable star 17 EP

HD 126030

RA 215.6348° · Dec 25.5500° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges

17 pts · Common

Common 22 pts → Uncommon

Variable star +5
Gently variable +4
Yellow-white F-type star +3
A named variable star +3
Main-sequence star +2

Total score 17

5 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

Variable star · +5
Yellow-white F-type star · +3
Main-sequence star · +2
Gently variable · +4
A named variable star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads F5Vvar — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Where it is in life. It is on the main sequence, quietly fusing hydrogen in its core exactly as the Sun does.
It changes. This star does not hold still: its brightness rises and falls on a rhythm of hours, days or years, either pulsing in size or being eclipsed by a companion.

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 8.1 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, 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.

Properties

absmag: 3.445
bv: 0.427
constellation: Boo
dist ly: 283.3676
luminosity: 3.6475
mag: 8.14
name: HD 126030
spect: F5Vvar
var amplitude: 0.06
var designation: UV
var max: 8.106
var min: 8.166

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About HD 126030

HD 126030 is a common variable star. It lies about 283.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Boo, shines at apparent magnitude 8.14 and has spectral type F5Vvar.

Its spectrum reads F5Vvar — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 126030 in the constellation Boo. At apparent magnitude 8.14, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 126030 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 HD 126030 is a common variable star

HD 126030 scores 17 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Variable star, Yellow-white F-type star, Main-sequence star, 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.