Common variable star 15 EP

GL Gl 775

RA 300.6960° · Dec 3.3262° · star

Loading sky survey…

🌌 View in 3D star map

Tonight’s visibility

Computing the sky for your location…

Score breakdown

· 5 badges

15 pts · Common

Common 22 pts → Uncommon

Variable star +5
Orange K-type star +3
A named variable star +3
Main-sequence star +2
Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) +2

Total score 15

7 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

Variable star · +5
Orange K-type star · +3
Main-sequence star · +2
Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) · +2
A named variable star · +3

Trivia

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.
It changes. This star does not hold still: its brightness rises and falls on a rhythm of hours, days or years, either pulsing in size or being eclipsed by a companion.

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 7.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, 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.

Properties

absmag: 6.914
bv: 1.128
constellation: Aql
dist ly: 41.944
luminosity: 0.1494
mag: 7.46
name: GL Gl 775
spect: K4V
var amplitude: 0.03
var designation: V1654
var max: 7.446
var min: 7.476

Nearby objects

About GL Gl 775

GL Gl 775 is a common variable star. It lies about 41.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aql, shines at apparent magnitude 7.46 and has spectral type K4V.

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.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 775 in the constellation Aql. At apparent magnitude 7.46, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 775 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 775 is a common variable star

GL Gl 775 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Variable star, Orange K-type star, Main-sequence star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.