RA 269.2632° · Dec 15.7775° · star
12 more points to reach Common.
GL GJ 4038 is a trash star. It lies about 45.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Her, shines at apparent magnitude 12.21 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.
Look for GL GJ 4038 in the constellation Her. At apparent magnitude 12.21, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 4038 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 GJ 4038 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.