Trash star 14 EP

GL GJ 1104

RA 118.3877° · Dec 30.6051° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges

14 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Sun-like G-type star +8
Star +3
On the zodiac +3

Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

Star · +3
On the zodiac · +3
Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads sdG2 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Where it is in life. It is a subdwarf: an old, metal-poor star from the galaxy's early days, a little smaller and fainter than a main-sequence star of the same colour.

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 8.3 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Gemini.
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 January — 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).

Properties

absmag: 5.946
bv: 0.621
constellation: Gem
dist ly: 95.0892
luminosity: 0.3644
mag: 8.27
name: GL GJ 1104
spect: sdG2

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About GL GJ 1104

GL GJ 1104 is a trash star. It lies about 95.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Gem, shines at apparent magnitude 8.27 and has spectral type sdG2.

Its spectrum reads sdG2 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 1104 in the constellation Gem. At apparent magnitude 8.27, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1104 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 1104 is a trash star

GL GJ 1104 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, On the zodiac 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.