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Trash star 14 EP

GL Gl 14

RA 4.2761° · Dec 40.9483° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
14 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Red dwarf +6
  • Cool red M-type star +5
  • Star +3
Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Cool red M-type star · +5
  • Red dwarf · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads M0 — 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 9 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Andromeda.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • 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. ≈ 859.9 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 76.4 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
8.109
bv
1.37
constellation
And
dist ly
48.9358
luminosity
0.0497
mag
8.99
name
GL Gl 14
spect
M0

About GL Gl 14

GL Gl 14 is a trash star. It lies about 48.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation And, shines at apparent magnitude 8.99 and has spectral type M0.

Its spectrum reads M0 — 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 Gl 14 in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 8.99, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 14 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 14 is a trash star

GL Gl 14 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Cool red M-type star and Red dwarf — 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.