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Uncommon star 30 EP

GL Gl 794

RA 308.5916° · Dec 25.0640° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
30 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • White dwarf (a burnt-out core) +22
  • Blue-white star +5
  • Star +3
Total score 30

4 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • White dwarf (a burnt-out core) · +22
  • Blue-white star · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads DA3 — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.

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 11.5 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Vulpecula.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north 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. ≈ 825.9 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 73.4 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
10.727
bv
-0.07
constellation
Vul
dist ly
46.9965
luminosity
0.0045
mag
11.52
name
GL Gl 794
spect
DA3

About GL Gl 794

GL Gl 794 is an uncommon star. It lies about 47 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vul, shines at apparent magnitude 11.52 and has spectral type DA3.

Its spectrum reads DA3 — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 794 in the constellation Vul. At apparent magnitude 11.52, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 794 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 794 is an uncommon star

GL Gl 794 scores 30 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, White dwarf (a burnt-out core) and Blue-white 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.