Trash variable star 5 EP

GL Gl 486.1

RA 192.1961° · Dec 24.8402° · star

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5 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Variable star +5

Total score 5

10 more points to reach Common.

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Trivia

Could we get there?

Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 970.4 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
Fastest probe ever. ≈ 86.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
At 10% light speed. ≈ 552 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
Distance. 55.2 light-years from Earth.

Look-back time

Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1971.

Saying hello

Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 110 years round-trip.

Properties

absmag: 5.146
bv: 0.703
constellation: Com
dist ly: 55.2244
mag: 6.29
name: GL Gl 486.1
spect: G7V

About GL Gl 486.1

GL Gl 486.1 is a trash variable star. It lies about 55.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Com, shines at apparent magnitude 6.29 and has spectral type G7V.

GL Gl 486.1 is a trash variable star worth 5 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 486.1 in the constellation Com. At apparent magnitude 6.29, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 486.1 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 486.1 is a trash variable star

GL Gl 486.1 scores 5 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — Variable 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.