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Trash star 14 EP

GL GJ 3500

RA 126.8318° · Dec -44.9860° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
14 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Red dwarf +6
  • Cool red M-type star +5
  • Star +3
Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Cool red M-type star · +5
  • Red dwarf · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads M3 — 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 11.8 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Vela.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • 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. ≈ 658.8 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 58.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
11.548
constellation
Vel
dist ly
37.4893
luminosity
0.0021
mag
11.85
name
GL GJ 3500
spect
M3

About GL GJ 3500

GL GJ 3500 is a trash star. It lies about 37.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vel, shines at apparent magnitude 11.85 and has spectral type M3.

Its spectrum reads M3 — 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 3500 in the constellation Vel. At apparent magnitude 11.85, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3500 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 3500 is a trash star

GL GJ 3500 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Cool red M-type star and Red dwarf — 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.