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Trash star 13 EP

GL Gl 296.1

RA 121.7521° · Dec -29.4029° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
13 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 13

2 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G2V — 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 Puppis.
  • 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 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. ≈ 1.4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
4.81
bv
0.6
constellation
Pup
dist ly
81.5595
luminosity
1.0375
mag
6.8
name
GL Gl 296.1
spect
G2V

Nearby objects

About GL Gl 296.1

GL Gl 296.1 is a trash star. It lies about 81.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pup, shines at apparent magnitude 6.8 and has spectral type G2V.

Its spectrum reads G2V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 296.1 in the constellation Pup. At apparent magnitude 6.8, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 296.1 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 296.1 is a trash star

GL Gl 296.1 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, 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.