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Trash star 11 EP

GL GJ 1099

RA 113.5750° · Dec 0.9863° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Deep red star · +8

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 11.9 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Canis Minor.
  • 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 January — 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. ≈ 840.4 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 74.7 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
11.099
bv
1.47
constellation
CMi
dist ly
47.8236
luminosity
0.0032
mag
11.93
name
GL GJ 1099
spect
m

About GL GJ 1099

GL GJ 1099 is a trash star. It lies about 47.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation CMi, shines at apparent magnitude 11.93 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 1099 in the constellation CMi. At apparent magnitude 11.93, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1099 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 1099 is a trash star

GL GJ 1099 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Deep red star — 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.