RA 118.2804° · Dec -67.7919° · star
7 more points to reach Epic.
GL Gl 293 is a rare star. It lies about 22.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vol, shines at apparent magnitude 14.08 and has spectral type DQ9.
Its spectrum reads DQ9 — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.
Look for GL Gl 293 in the constellation Vol. At apparent magnitude 14.08, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 293 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.
GL Gl 293 scores 43 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly), White dwarf (a burnt-out core) 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.