RA 277.5878° · Dec 54.7894° · star
15 more points to reach Epic.
GL GJ 1228 is a rare star. It lies about 48.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 15.5 and has spectral type DXP8.
Its spectrum reads DXP8 — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.
Look for GL GJ 1228 in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 15.5, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1228 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 1228 scores 35 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 15 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), 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.