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Rare star 37 EP

GL Gl 667A

RA 259.7376° · Dec -34.9898° · star

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Score breakdown

· 7 badges
37 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Binary star +6
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 37

13 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • Binary star · +6
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Orange K-type star · +3
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What makes it special

  • Not one star but two. 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.

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K4V — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
  • Where it is in life. It is on the main sequence, quietly fusing hydrogen in its core exactly as the Sun does.

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 5.9 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Scorpius.
  • 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 June — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

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

Properties

absmag
6.736
binary
yes
bv
1.082
constellation
Sco
dist ly
22.295
luminosity
0.176
mag
5.91
name
GL Gl 667A
spect
K4V

About GL Gl 667A

GL Gl 667A is a rare star. It lies about 22.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 5.91 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.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 667A in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 5.91, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 667A 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 Gl 667A is a rare star

GL Gl 667A scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly), Naked-eye visible, Binary star, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star and Main-sequence 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.