← Back to dex
Uncommon star 32 EP

GL GJ 3354B

RA 83.5638° · Dec 10.3195° · star

Loading sky survey…
🌌 View in 3D star map
Tonight’s visibility

Computing the sky for your location…

Score breakdown

· 6 badges
32 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Binary star +6
  • In Orion's hunting ground +6
  • Red dwarf +6
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Cool red M-type star +5
  • Star +3
Total score 32

2 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Binary star · +6
  • In Orion's hunting ground · +6
  • Cool red M-type star · +5
  • Red dwarf · +6
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) · +6

Trivia

What makes it special

  • Not one star but two. It is a binary: two stars orbiting a shared centre of mass. More than half of all the 'stars' you can see are actually multiple systems.

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads M3.5 — 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 13.6 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Orion.
  • 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 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. ≈ 1.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
12.158
binary
yes
constellation
Ori
dist ly
63.952
luminosity
0.0012
mag
13.62
name
GL GJ 3354B
spect
M3.5

About GL GJ 3354B

GL GJ 3354B is an uncommon star. It lies about 64 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 13.62 and has spectral type M3.5.

It is a binary: two stars orbiting a shared centre of mass. More than half of all the 'stars' you can see are actually multiple systems.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 3354B in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 13.62, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3354B 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 3354B is an uncommon star

GL GJ 3354B 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, Binary star, In Orion's hunting ground, Cool red M-type star, Red dwarf 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.