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Trash star 14 EP

GL GJ 4262

RA 332.8062° · Dec -2.5449° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
14 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads k-m — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

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 12.1 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Aquarius.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around August — 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. ≈ 909.8 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 80.8 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
11.137
bv
1.56
constellation
Aqr
dist ly
51.7707
luminosity
0.0031
mag
12.14
name
GL GJ 4262
spect
k-m

About GL GJ 4262

GL GJ 4262 is a trash star. It lies about 51.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 12.14 and has spectral type k-m.

Its spectrum reads k-m — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 4262 in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 12.14, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 4262 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 GJ 4262 is a trash star

GL GJ 4262 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac 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.