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Common star 17 EP

GL GJ 3916

RA 236.8527° · Dec -10.8965° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
17 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 17

5 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Orange K-type star · +3
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K:... — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11.3 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Libra.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around May — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 865.7 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 76.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
10.375
bv
1.565
constellation
Lib
dist ly
49.261
luminosity
0.0062
mag
11.27
name
GL GJ 3916
spect
K:...

About GL GJ 3916

GL GJ 3916 is a common star. It lies about 49.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lib, shines at apparent magnitude 11.27 and has spectral type K:....

Its spectrum reads K:... — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 3916 in the constellation Lib. At apparent magnitude 11.27, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3916 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 GL GJ 3916 is a common star

GL GJ 3916 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 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star and Deep red 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.