Star · K2V
GJ 1160
GJ 1160 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2V in the constellation Ursa Major, 84.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 61100 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Distance | 84.1 light-years (25.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.08 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.02 |
| Spectral type | K2V |
| Surface temperature | 4,890 K |
| Luminosity | 0.483 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.969 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.834 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 31m 18.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +55° 07′ 08″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 16.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.08); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 35° S. North of latitude 35° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1942. 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 1160, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Phoenix. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 1159A 3.31 light-years
- GJ 1159B 3.37 light-years
- Alioth 5.07 light-years
- Megrez 5.30 light-years
- HIP 61481 6.00 light-years
- 78 UMa 6.45 light-years
- 2MASSW J1239272+551537 7.31 light-years
- WISEA J120104.57+573004.2 7.42 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.