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Rare star 36 EP

GL Gl 895.2

RA 352.1975° · Dec 5.2468° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
36 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • White dwarf (a burnt-out core) +22
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 36

14 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • White dwarf (a burnt-out core) · +22
  • Main-sequence star · +2
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads DAV4 — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.
  • Where it is in life. It is on the main sequence, quietly fusing hydrogen in its core exactly as the Sun does.

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 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Pisces.
  • 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 September — 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. ≈ 788.4 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
12.348
bv
0.16
constellation
Psc
dist ly
44.8634
luminosity
0.001
mag
13.04
name
GL Gl 895.2
spect
DAV4

About GL Gl 895.2

GL Gl 895.2 is a rare star. It lies about 44.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Psc, shines at apparent magnitude 13.04 and has spectral type DAV4.

Its spectrum reads DAV4 — 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 895.2 in the constellation Psc. At apparent magnitude 13.04, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 895.2 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 895.2 is a rare star

GL Gl 895.2 scores 36 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, White dwarf (a burnt-out core), Main-sequence 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.