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Common star 17 EP

GL Gl 511.1

RA 201.5006° · Dec 63.2613° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
17 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
  • Star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 17

5 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G6V — 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 6.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Ursa Major.
  • Never sets. So far north that from Britain, Canada or northern Europe it never dips below the horizon — it is up every clear night of the year.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around April — 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. ≈ 1.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
4.872
bv
0.739
constellation
UMa
dist ly
69.0423
luminosity
0.9799
mag
6.5
name
GL Gl 511.1
spect
G6V

Nearby objects

About GL Gl 511.1

GL Gl 511.1 is a common star. It lies about 69 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 6.5 and has spectral type G6V.

Its spectrum reads G6V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for GL Gl 511.1 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 6.5, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, GL Gl 511.1 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 511.1 is a common star

GL Gl 511.1 scores 17 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), 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.