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Trash star 6 EP

GL Gl 763

RA 293.6660° · Dec 4.5825° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
6 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 6

9 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Orange K-type star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K5 — 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 9.3 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Aquila.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around July — 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. ≈ 826.8 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 73.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
8.554
bv
1.39
constellation
Aql
dist ly
47.0509
luminosity
0.033
mag
9.35
name
GL Gl 763
spect
K5

About GL Gl 763

GL Gl 763 is a trash star. It lies about 47.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aql, shines at apparent magnitude 9.35 and has spectral type K5.

Its spectrum reads K5 — 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 Gl 763 in the constellation Aql. At apparent magnitude 9.35, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 763 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 763 is a trash star

GL Gl 763 scores 6 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Orange K-type 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.