RA 228.6589° · Dec 67.3467° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
GL Gl 580.2 is an uncommon star. It lies about 82.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMi, shines at apparent magnitude 5.15 and has spectral type F9IV.
Its spectrum reads F9IV — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for GL Gl 580.2 in the constellation UMi. At apparent magnitude 5.15, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 580.2 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 580.2 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Yellow-white F-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.