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Trash star 12 EP

GL GJ 3800

RA 205.5412° · Dec -16.0061° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
12 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 12

3 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads m — 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 13.5 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Virgo.
  • 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 April — 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. ≈ 699 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 62.1 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
13.069
constellation
Vir
dist ly
39.7751
luminosity
0.0005
mag
13.5
name
GL GJ 3800
spect
m

About GL GJ 3800

GL GJ 3800 is a trash star. It lies about 39.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vir, shines at apparent magnitude 13.5 and has spectral type m.

Its spectrum reads m — 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 3800 in the constellation Vir. At apparent magnitude 13.5, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3800 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 3800 is a trash star

GL GJ 3800 scores 12 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac 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.