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Common star 20 EP

GL GJ 1265

RA 333.4262° · Dec -17.6871° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
20 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Deep red star +8
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 20

2 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Deep red star · +8
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. 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.

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 13.6 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Aquarius.
  • 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 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. ≈ 598.3 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 53.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
13.477
bv
1.73
constellation
Aqr
dist ly
34.0455
luminosity
0.0004
mag
13.57
name
GL GJ 1265
spect
m

About GL GJ 1265

GL GJ 1265 is a common star. It lies about 34 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 13.57 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.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 1265 in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 13.57, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1265 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 1265 is a common star

GL GJ 1265 scores 20 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Deep red star 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.