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Trash star 11 EP

GL GJ 4013

RA 264.5138° · Dec -30.0173° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Deep red star · +8

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 10.9 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Ophiuchus.
  • 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 June — 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. ≈ 955.2 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 84.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
9.831
bv
1.47
constellation
Oph
dist ly
54.3594
luminosity
0.0102
mag
10.94
name
GL GJ 4013
spect
k-m

About GL GJ 4013

GL GJ 4013 is a trash star. It lies about 54.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Oph, shines at apparent magnitude 10.94 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 4013 in the constellation Oph. At apparent magnitude 10.94, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 4013 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 4013 is a trash star

GL GJ 4013 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Deep red 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.