RA 161.4123° · Dec -19.1138° · star
13 more points to reach Epic.
GL Gl 401B is a rare star. It lies about 42.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 16.5 and has spectral type DQ9.
It is a binary: two stars orbiting a shared centre of mass. More than half of all the 'stars' you can see are actually multiple systems.
Look for GL Gl 401B in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 16.5, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 401B 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.
GL Gl 401B scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Binary star, White dwarf (a burnt-out core) 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.