Star · K5V
GJ 1069
GJ 1069 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5V in the constellation Eridanus, 114.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 19832 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Distance | 114.4 light-years (35.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.38 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.65 |
| Spectral type | K5V |
| Surface temperature | 4,290 K |
| Luminosity | 0.401 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.15 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.796 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 4h 15m 09.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | −4° 25′ 06″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 33.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.38. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. 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 1912. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1069, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.56, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 20218 6.71 light-years
- HIP 21172 9.30 light-years
- HIP 20240 10.0 light-years
- SIMP J04323767-0639501 10.3 light-years
- Beid 11.8 light-years
- WISEA J042236.95-044203.5 13.8 light-years
- HIP 18993 15.5 light-years
- HIP 17165 17.7 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.