Star · K3V
GJ 1192
GJ 1192 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3V in the constellation Serpens, 84.7 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 75266 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Distance | 84.7 light-years (26.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.28 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.21 |
| Spectral type | K3V |
| Surface temperature | 4,760 K |
| Luminosity | 0.436 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.97 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.813 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 15h 22m 42.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +1° 25′ 07″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 68.7 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.28); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 89° S. It stands highest at midnight in May, 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 1192, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.90, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- 5 Ser 3.06 light-years
- Gl 585.1 7.99 light-years
- GJ 1190 8.35 light-years
- GJ 1188 8.40 light-years
- SDSS J151114.66+060742.9 8.95 light-years
- SDSS J152103.24+013142.7 9.72 light-years
- ULAS J150547.89+070316.6 10.4 light-years
- HIP 76233 11.4 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.