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Trash star 14 EP

GL GJ 1125

RA 142.6858° · Dec 0.3227° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
14 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Orange K-type star · +3
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K:... — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

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 11.7 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Hydra.
  • 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 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. ≈ 554 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 49.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
11.784
bv
1.588
constellation
Hya
dist ly
31.5249
luminosity
0.0017
mag
11.71
name
GL GJ 1125
spect
K:...

About GL GJ 1125

GL GJ 1125 is a trash star. It lies about 31.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 11.71 and has spectral type K:....

Its spectrum reads K:... — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for GL GJ 1125 in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 11.71, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, GL GJ 1125 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 1125 is a trash star

GL GJ 1125 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, Orange K-type star and Deep red 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.