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Uncommon star 25 EP

GL Gl 330

RA 134.2695° · Dec 11.6470° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
25 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Deep red star +8
  • Red dwarf +6
  • Cool red M-type star +5
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 25

9 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Cool red M-type star · +5
  • Deep red star · +8
  • Red dwarf · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads M5 — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.

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 10.6 you'll want a small backyard telescope, 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 February — 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. ≈ 974.9 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 86.6 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
9.447
bv
1.511
constellation
Cnc
dist ly
55.4782
luminosity
0.0145
mag
10.6
name
GL Gl 330
spect
M5

About GL Gl 330

GL Gl 330 is an uncommon star. It lies about 55.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cnc, shines at apparent magnitude 10.6 and has spectral type M5.

Its spectrum reads M5 — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 330 in the constellation Cnc. At apparent magnitude 10.6, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 330 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 330 is an uncommon star

GL Gl 330 scores 25 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Cool red M-type star, Deep red star and Red dwarf — 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.