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Trash star 11 EP

GL Gl 42.1

RA 13.7470° · Dec 24.1003° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

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 7.4 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 October — 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. ≈ 1.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 148 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
5.093
bv
0.652
constellation
And
dist ly
94.7852
luminosity
0.7995
mag
7.41
name
GL Gl 42.1
spect
G5

About GL Gl 42.1

GL Gl 42.1 is a trash star. It lies about 94.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation And, shines at apparent magnitude 7.41 and has spectral type G5.

Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 42.1 in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 7.41, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 42.1 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 42.1 is a trash star

GL Gl 42.1 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Sun-like G-type 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.