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Rare star 39 EP

GL Gl 741

RA 285.8185° · Dec -13.5699° · star

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Score breakdown

· 7 badges
39 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Toward the galactic centre +8
  • Deep red star +8
  • Red dwarf +6
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Cool red M-type star +5
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 39

11 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Toward the galactic centre · +8
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Cool red M-type star · +5
  • Deep red star · +8
  • Red dwarf · +6
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads M4 : — 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 14.8 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Sagittarius.
  • 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 July — 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. ≈ 1.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 95.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
13.475
bv
1.56
constellation
Sgr
dist ly
61.423
luminosity
0.0004
mag
14.85
name
GL Gl 741
spect
M4 :

About GL Gl 741

GL Gl 741 is a rare star. It lies about 61.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 14.85 and has spectral type M4 :.

Its spectrum reads M4 : — 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 Gl 741 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 14.85, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 741 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 Gl 741 is a rare star

GL Gl 741 scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Cool red M-type star, Deep red star, Red dwarf 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.