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Common star 21 EP

GL GJ 3524

RA 135.2210° · Dec 48.4234° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
21 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Deep red star +8
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
  • Star +3
Total score 21

1 more point to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
  • Deep red star · +8
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) · +6

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 14.1 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Ursa Major.
  • 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 February — 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. ≈ 1.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 100.4 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
12.655
bv
1.7
constellation
UMa
dist ly
64.3307
luminosity
0.0008
mag
14.13
name
GL GJ 3524
spect
k-m

About GL GJ 3524

GL GJ 3524 is a common star. It lies about 64.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 14.13 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 3524 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 14.13, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3524 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 3524 is a common star

GL GJ 3524 scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Deep red star 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.