Star · M
GJ 1006A
GJ 1006A is a main-sequence star of spectral type M in the constellation Pisces, 50.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 1295 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Distance | 50.1 light-years (15.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.79 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.86 |
| Spectral type | M |
| Surface temperature | 3,820 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0139 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.269 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.295 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 0h 16m 14.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +19° 51′ 44″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 76.4 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.79. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 70° S. North of latitude 70° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1976. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 889 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1006A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.76, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Corvus. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 1006B 0.05 light-years
- GJ 3034 4.21 light-years
- GJ 1011 5.94 light-years
- 2MASSW J0045214+163445 6.68 light-years
- GJ 1292 6.87 light-years
- SDSS J000013.54+255418.6 7.21 light-years
- WISE J235716.49+122741.8 8.13 light-years
- GJ 3060A 8.16 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.