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Common star 15 EP

GL GJ 3368

RA 87.0998° · Dec 7.7621° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
15 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • In Orion's hunting ground +6
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Star +3
Total score 15

7 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • In Orion's hunting ground · +6
  • 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 14.2 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. ≈ 1.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 113.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
12.456
constellation
Ori
dist ly
72.479
luminosity
0.0009
mag
14.19
name
GL GJ 3368
spect
m

About GL GJ 3368

GL GJ 3368 is a common star. It lies about 72.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 14.19 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 3368 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 14.19, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3368 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 3368 is a common star

GL GJ 3368 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, In Orion's hunting ground 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.