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Trash star 6 EP

GL GJ 4370

RA 357.9380° · Dec 6.9708° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
6 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 6

9 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3

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 12.7 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. ≈ 1.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 94.3 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
11.392
constellation
Psc
dist ly
60.3992
luminosity
0.0024
mag
12.73
name
GL GJ 4370
spect
m

About GL GJ 4370

GL GJ 4370 is a trash star. It lies about 60.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Psc, shines at apparent magnitude 12.73 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 4370 in the constellation Psc. At apparent magnitude 12.73, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 4370 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 4370 is a trash star

GL GJ 4370 scores 6 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and On the zodiac — 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.