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GL GJ 3961

RA 248.6939° · Dec -53.5929° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
3 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
Total score 3

12 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3

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 12 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Norma.
  • 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 May — 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 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 90.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
10.741
constellation
Nor
dist ly
58.242
luminosity
0.0044
mag
12
name
GL GJ 3961
spect
m

About GL GJ 3961

GL GJ 3961 is a trash star. It lies about 58.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Nor, shines at apparent magnitude 12 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 3961 in the constellation Nor. At apparent magnitude 12, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3961 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 3961 is a trash star

GL GJ 3961 scores 3 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — Star — 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.