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Uncommon star 32 EP

GL Gl 892

RA 348.3165° · Dec 57.1684° · star

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges
32 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
  • Star +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 32

2 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
  • Orange K-type star · +3
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K3Vvar — 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 5.6 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Cassiopeia.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around September — 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. ≈ 375.2 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
6.49
bv
1
constellation
Cas
dist ly
21.3508
luminosity
0.2208
mag
5.57
name
GL Gl 892
spect
K3Vvar

About GL Gl 892

GL Gl 892 is an uncommon star. It lies about 21.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 5.57 and has spectral type K3Vvar.

Its spectrum reads K3Vvar — 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 892 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 5.57, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 892 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 892 is an uncommon star

GL Gl 892 scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly), Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), 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.