Star · M5.5 V
G 261-6
G 261-6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M5.5 V in the constellation Draco, 34.7 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | GJ 1238 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 34.7 light-years (10.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.37 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 15.24 |
| Spectral type | M5.5 V |
| Surface temperature | 2,910 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00151 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.153 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.118 M☉ |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 24m 15.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +75° 33′ 17″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 35.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.37. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 14° S. North of latitude 14° N it never sets.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1991. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 615 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around G 261-6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.96, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Mensa. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- G 261-6 b 5.45-day orbit · 1.1 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISEPA J195246.66+724000.8 7.76 light-years
- Gl 742 8.09 light-years
- χ Dra 8.82 light-years
- WISE J140533.32+835030.5 8.98 light-years
- GJ 1220 9.16 light-years
- Gl 909B 9.65 light-years
- Gl 909A 9.71 light-years
- Gl 617B 10.00 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.