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Rare star 34 EP

GL GJ 4355

RA 354.7113° · Dec -7.6920° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
34 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • White dwarf (a burnt-out core) +22
  • Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) +6
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 34

16 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

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

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads DA — 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 13.3 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 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. ≈ 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
12.257
bv
0.18
constellation
Aqr
dist ly
51.7707
luminosity
0.0011
mag
13.26
name
GL GJ 4355
spect
DA

About GL GJ 4355

GL GJ 4355 is a rare star. It lies about 51.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 13.26 and has spectral type DA.

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

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 4355 in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 13.26, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 4355 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 4355 is a rare star

GL GJ 4355 scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, White dwarf (a burnt-out core) 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.