RA 252.1065° · Dec 59.0563° · star
6 more points to reach Epic.
GL GJ 1206 is a rare variable star. It lies about 34.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 12.24 and has spectral type DA.
Its spectrum reads DA — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.
Look for GL GJ 1206 in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 12.24, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1206 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 GJ 1206 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 6 science badges — Variable star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White dwarf (a burnt-out core), Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12), Gently variable and A named variable 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.