RA 295.4732° · Dec 3.1522° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
GL GJ 1242 is a trash star. It lies about 76.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aql, shines at apparent magnitude 12.88 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 1242 in the constellation Aql. At apparent magnitude 12.88, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1242 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 1242 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.