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Common star 21 EP

GL GJ 3323

RA 75.4872° · Dec -6.9451° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
21 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Star +3
Total score 21

1 more point to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
  • 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 12.1 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Eridanus.
  • 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 December — 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. ≈ 351.6 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 31.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
13.161
constellation
Eri
dist ly
20.0097
luminosity
0.0005
mag
12.1
name
GL GJ 3323
spect
m

About GL GJ 3323

GL GJ 3323 is a common star. It lies about 20 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Eri, shines at apparent magnitude 12.1 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 3323 in the constellation Eri. At apparent magnitude 12.1, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3323 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 3323 is a common star

GL GJ 3323 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 3 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly) 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.