Trash star 14 EP

GL Gl 848.4

RA 332.3744° · Dec -7.5487° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges

14 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Sun-like G-type star +8
Star +3
On the zodiac +3

Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

Star · +3
On the zodiac · +3
Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

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 6.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Aquarius.
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 August — 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. ≈ 1.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
Fastest probe ever. ≈ 109.8 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag: 4.872
bv: 0.773
constellation: Aqr
dist ly: 70.3225
luminosity: 0.9799
mag: 6.54
name: GL Gl 848.4
spect: G0

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About GL Gl 848.4

GL Gl 848.4 is a trash star. It lies about 70.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 6.54 and has spectral type G0.

Its spectrum reads G0 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 848.4 in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 6.54, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 848.4 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 848.4 is a trash star

GL Gl 848.4 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac and Sun-like G-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.