Star · ?
GJ 1027
GJ 1027 is a white dwarf of spectral type ? in the constellation Pisces, 71.8 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Pisces |
|---|---|
| Distance | 71.8 light-years (22.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.96 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 12.25 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 8,000 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00114 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.012 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.6 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 1h 03m 50.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +5° 04′ 36″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 73.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.96. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 85° S. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1954. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1027, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.54, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3071 1.61 light-years
- Gl 31.4 7.33 light-years
- WISEA J010202.11+035541.4 9.55 light-years
- GJ 3103 12.5 light-years
- GJ 3052 12.8 light-years
- GJ 1030 12.9 light-years
- GJ 3051 12.9 light-years
- 2MASS J00320509+0219017 13.1 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.