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Rare star 43 EP

GL GJ 1111

RA 127.4587° · Dec 26.7785° · star

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Score breakdown

· 7 badges
43 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Deep red star +8
  • Red dwarf +6
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Cool red M-type star +5
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 43

7 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Cool red M-type star · +5
  • Deep red star · +8
  • Red dwarf · +6
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads M6.5 — 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 14.8 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Cancer.
  • 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 January — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. A multi-generation starship could one day attempt the crossing.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 207.8 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 18.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
17.013
bv
2.06
constellation
Cnc
dist ly
11.8258
luminosity
0
mag
14.81
name
GL GJ 1111
spect
M6.5

About GL GJ 1111

GL GJ 1111 is a rare star. It lies about 11.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cnc, shines at apparent magnitude 14.81 and has spectral type M6.5.

Its spectrum reads M6.5 — 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 1111 in the constellation Cnc. At apparent magnitude 14.81, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1111 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 1111 is a rare star

GL GJ 1111 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 7 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly), On the zodiac, Cool red M-type star, Deep red star, Red dwarf 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.