RA 292.4674° · Dec -26.9856° · star
13 more points to reach Epic.
GL GJ 9657A is a rare star. It lies about 234 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 5.46 and has spectral type K1/K2III.
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.
Look for GL GJ 9657A in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 5.46, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 9657A 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 9657A 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, Naked-eye visible, Binary star, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star and Giant 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.