Star · K2V
GJ 1113
GJ 1113 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2V in the constellation Lynx, 97.0 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 42567 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Distance | 97.0 light-years (29.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.34 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.97 |
| Spectral type | K2V |
| Surface temperature | 4,550 K |
| Luminosity | 0.245 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.796 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.704 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 40m 36.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +43° 06′ 50″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 72.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.34. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 47° S. North of latitude 47° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1929. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1113, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.20, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Microscopium. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 42145 3.10 light-years
- WISE J081220.04+402106.2 10.1 light-years
- 2MASSW J0820299+450031 10.3 light-years
- SDSS J084135.31+455442.0 10.3 light-years
- HIP 44458 11.7 light-years
- GJ 3554 12.7 light-years
- HIP 41820 14.1 light-years
- GJ 3475 14.5 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.