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Trash star 3 EP

GL GJ 3492

RA 123.4194° · Dec -76.1467° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
3 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
Total score 3

12 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads k-m — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

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 11.8 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Chamaeleon.
  • Southern sky only. So far south it never rises for most of the northern hemisphere. To see it you'd have to travel to Chile, South Africa or Australia.
  • 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. ≈ 909.8 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 80.8 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
10.847
constellation
Cha
dist ly
51.7707
luminosity
0.004
mag
11.85
name
GL GJ 3492
spect
k-m

About GL GJ 3492

GL GJ 3492 is a trash star. It lies about 51.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cha, shines at apparent magnitude 11.85 and has spectral type k-m.

Its spectrum reads k-m — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 3492 in the constellation Cha. At apparent magnitude 11.85, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3492 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 3492 is a trash star

GL GJ 3492 scores 3 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.