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Common star 19 EP

GL GJ 3387

RA 93.0024° · Dec 6.7831° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
19 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • In Orion's hunting ground +6
  • Star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 19

3 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • In Orion's hunting ground · +6
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G4V — 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 6.8 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Orion.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around December — 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. ≈ 1.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
4.994
bv
0.642
constellation
Ori
dist ly
76.6525
luminosity
0.8758
mag
6.85
name
GL GJ 3387
spect
G4V

About GL GJ 3387

GL GJ 3387 is a common star. It lies about 76.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 6.85 and has spectral type G4V.

Its spectrum reads G4V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 3387 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 6.85, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 3387 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 GJ 3387 is a common star

GL GJ 3387 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, In Orion's hunting ground, 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.