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Uncommon star 22 EP

Gakyid

RA 129.8158° · Dec 12.9604° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
22 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 22

12 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • On the zodiac · +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. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 8.2 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Cancer.
  • 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. ≈ 4.6 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 412.7 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
3.687
bv
0.962
constellation
Cnc
dist ly
264.308
luminosity
2.9188
mag
8.23
name
Gakyid
named
yes
spect
G5

About Gakyid

Gakyid is an uncommon star. It lies about 264.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cnc, shines at apparent magnitude 8.23 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 Gakyid in the constellation Cnc. At apparent magnitude 8.23, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, Gakyid 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 Gakyid is an uncommon star

Gakyid scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Has a proper name, 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.