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Uncommon star 23 EP

GL GJ 3366

RA 86.7851° · Dec -5.2043° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
23 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Deep red star +8
  • In Orion's hunting ground +6
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Star +3
Total score 23

11 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • In Orion's hunting ground · +6
  • 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 14.5 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Orion.
  • 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. ≈ 917 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 81.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
13.519
bv
1.78
constellation
Ori
dist ly
52.185
luminosity
0.0003
mag
14.54
name
GL GJ 3366
spect
m

About GL GJ 3366

GL GJ 3366 is an uncommon star. It lies about 52.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 14.54 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 3366 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 14.54, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3366 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 3366 is an uncommon star

GL GJ 3366 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, In Orion's hunting ground, 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.