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Common star 21 EP

GL GJ 3069

RA 15.4993° · Dec 54.1807° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
21 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Deep red star +8
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
  • Star +3
Total score 21

1 more point to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
  • Deep red star · +8
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads m — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.

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 15.1 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, 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 October — 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. ≈ 868.4 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 77.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
14.218
bv
1.84
constellation
Cas
dist ly
49.4175
luminosity
0.0002
mag
15.12
name
GL GJ 3069
spect
m

About GL GJ 3069

GL GJ 3069 is a common star. It lies about 49.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 15.12 and has spectral type m.

Its spectrum reads m — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 3069 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 15.12, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3069 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 GJ 3069 is a common star

GL GJ 3069 scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Deep red star and Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) — 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.