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Rare star 41 EP

82 G. Eri

RA 49.9792° · Dec -43.0698° · star

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges
41 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 41

9 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is on the main sequence, quietly fusing hydrogen in its core exactly as the Sun does.

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 4.3 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Eridanus.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around November — 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. ≈ 346.4 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
5.354
bv
0.711
constellation
Eri
dist ly
19.7109
luminosity
0.6286
mag
4.26
name
82 G. Eri
named
yes
spect
G8V

About 82 G. Eri

82 G. Eri is a rare star. It lies about 19.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Eri, shines at apparent magnitude 4.26 and has spectral type G8V.

Its spectrum reads G8V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for 82 G. Eri in the constellation Eri. At apparent magnitude 4.26, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, 82 G. Eri 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 82 G. Eri is a rare star

82 G. Eri scores 41 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly), Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Sun-like G-type star and Main-sequence 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.