RA 217.0506° · Dec -2.2280° · star
8 more points to reach Epic.
Elgafar is a rare star. It lies about 118.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vir, shines at apparent magnitude 4.81 and has spectral type G2III.
It is a binary: two stars orbiting a shared centre of mass. More than half of all the 'stars' you can see are actually multiple systems.
Look for Elgafar in the constellation Vir. At apparent magnitude 4.81, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Elgafar 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.
Elgafar 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 7 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Binary star, Has a proper name, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-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.