RA 224.3665° · Dec -21.4155° · star
6 more points to reach Epic.
GL Gl 570A is a rare variable star. It lies about 19 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lib, shines at apparent magnitude 5.72 and has spectral type K4V.
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 GL Gl 570A in the constellation Lib. At apparent magnitude 5.72, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 570A 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.
GL Gl 570A scores 44 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Variable star, Nearby (<25 ly), Naked-eye visible, Binary star, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star, Main-sequence star and Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) — 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.