Star · ?
GJ 1059
GJ 1059 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Perseus, 48.0 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Perseus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 48.0 light-years (14.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.33 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 14.49 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,290 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00118 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.106 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.101 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 3h 23m 01.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +42° 00′ 35″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 51.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.33. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 48° S. North of latitude 48° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1978. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 852 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1059, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.67, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISE J031624.35+430709.1 4.54 light-years
- Gl 134 5.25 light-years
- UGPS J03553200+4743588 7.07 light-years
- WISE J024714.52+372523.5 7.41 light-years
- Gl 116 8.17 light-years
- WISE J040418.01+412735.6 8.31 light-years
- WISE J033515.01+431045.1 9.78 light-years
- HIP 19337 10.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.