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Uncommon star 33 EP

GL GJ 3378

RA 90.2919° · Dec 59.6010° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
33 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Deep red star +8
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
  • Star +3
Total score 33

1 more point to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
  • 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 11.7 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Camelopardalis.
  • 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. ≈ 433.5 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 38.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
12.316
bv
1.6
constellation
Cam
dist ly
24.6714
luminosity
0.001
mag
11.71
name
GL GJ 3378
spect
m

About GL GJ 3378

GL GJ 3378 is an uncommon star. It lies about 24.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 11.71 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 3378 in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 11.71, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3378 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 3378 is an uncommon star

GL GJ 3378 scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly), Never sets (northern circumpolar), 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.