Star · M0V
GJ 1115
GJ 1115 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Lynx, 85.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 43667 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Distance | 85.4 light-years (26.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.27 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.18 |
| Spectral type | M0V |
| Surface temperature | 4,430 K |
| Luminosity | 0.221 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.797 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.685 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 53m 47.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +35° 13′ 20″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 62.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.27. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 55° S. North of latitude 55° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1941. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.5 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1115, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.92, 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 43852 3.01 light-years
- HIP 43410 5.02 light-years
- SDSS J085834.42+325627.7 6.82 light-years
- Gl 321 10.5 light-years
- GJ 1117 10.8 light-years
- HIP 41820 12.6 light-years
- GJ 1124 13.9 light-years
- HIP 44458 14.0 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.