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Uncommon star 31 EP

GL GJ 9574

RA 250.3933° · Dec -17.7422° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
31 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Bright giant +12
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 31

3 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Bright giant · +12

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8II/III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a bright giant, well on its way to the largest stars there are.

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 4.9 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Ophiuchus.
  • 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. ≈ 7.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
-0.599
bv
1.095
constellation
Oph
dist ly
412.3339
luminosity
151.2168
mag
4.91
name
GL GJ 9574
spect
G8II/III

About GL GJ 9574

GL GJ 9574 is an uncommon star. It lies about 412.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Oph, shines at apparent magnitude 4.91 and has spectral type G8II/III.

Its spectrum reads G8II/III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 9574 in the constellation Oph. At apparent magnitude 4.91, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 9574 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 9574 is an uncommon star

GL GJ 9574 scores 31 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star and Bright giant — 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.