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Common star 21 EP

GL GJ 3586

RA 152.3799° · Dec 51.2840° · 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 13.5 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. ≈ 764.2 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 67.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
12.845
bv
1.66
constellation
UMa
dist ly
43.4874
luminosity
0.0006
mag
13.47
name
GL GJ 3586
spect
k-m

About GL GJ 3586

GL GJ 3586 is a common star. It lies about 43.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 13.47 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 3586 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 13.47, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3586 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 3586 is a common star

GL GJ 3586 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.