RA 1.5653° · Dec 58.4367° · star
12 more points to reach Epic.
GL Gl 4.1A is a rare variable star. It lies about 70.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 5.98 and has spectral type G5V.
It is a binary: two stars orbiting a shared centre of mass. More than half of all the 'stars' you can see are actually multiple systems.
Look for GL Gl 4.1A in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 5.98, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 4.1A 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 Gl 4.1A scores 38 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Binary star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Sun-like G-type star, Main-sequence star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable star — 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.