Star · K8V
GJ 1063
GJ 1063 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8V in the constellation Taurus, 71.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 17496 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Distance | 71.5 light-years (21.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.13 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.43 |
| Spectral type | K8V |
| Surface temperature | 4,350 K |
| Luminosity | 0.188 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.763 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.658 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 3h 44m 51.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +11° 55′ 12″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 90.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.13. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° 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 1955. 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 1063, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.53, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Libra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- PSO J052.2746+13.3754 5.81 light-years
- Gl 143.3 7.39 light-years
- PSO J062.3459+11.1794 7.55 light-years
- HIP 17336 7.87 light-years
- GJ 3255 7.88 light-years
- GJ 3240B 9.07 light-years
- GJ 9112 10.9 light-years
- GJ 3231B 11.1 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.