RA 336.2320° · Dec 52.0063° · star
5 more points to reach Uncommon.
GL GJ 1268 is a common star. It lies about 51.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lac, shines at apparent magnitude 14.94 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 1268 in the constellation Lac. At apparent magnitude 14.94, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1268 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 1268 scores 17 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, 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.