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Trash star 11 EP

GL GJ 3297

RA 68.5670° · Dec 34.8265° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads g-k — 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 13.1 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Perseus.
  • 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 November — 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. ≈ 1.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 118.4 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
11.297
bv
1.57
constellation
Per
dist ly
75.8502
luminosity
0.0026
mag
13.13
name
GL GJ 3297
spect
g-k

About GL GJ 3297

GL GJ 3297 is a trash star. It lies about 75.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 13.13 and has spectral type g-k.

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

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 3297 in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 13.13, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3297 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 3297 is a trash star

GL GJ 3297 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Deep red 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.