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Common star 15 EP

GL Gl 1

RA 1.3482° · Dec -37.3574° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
15 pts · Common
Common 24 pts → Uncommon
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Star +3
Total score 15

9 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12

Trivia

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 248.7 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 22.1 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
  • At 10% light speed. ≈ 142 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
  • Distance. 14.2 light-years from Earth.

Look-back time

  • Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 2012.

Saying hello

  • Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 28.3 years round-trip.

Properties

absmag
10.373
bv
1.462
constellation
Scl
dist ly
14.1548
mag
8.56
name
GL Gl 1
spect
M2V

About GL Gl 1

GL Gl 1 is a common star. It lies about 14.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Scl, shines at apparent magnitude 8.56 and has spectral type M2V.

GL Gl 1 is a common star worth 15 points across 2 science badges. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 1 in the constellation Scl. At apparent magnitude 8.56, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 1 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 1 is a common star

GL Gl 1 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Nearby (<25 ly) — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.