Star · K5V
GJ 1196
GJ 1196 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5V in the constellation Scorpius, 77.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 77908 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Scorpius |
| Distance | 77.4 light-years (23.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.20 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.32 |
| Spectral type | K5V |
| Surface temperature | 4,240 K |
| Luminosity | 0.226 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.88 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.69 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 15h 54m 38.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | −26° 00′ 15″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 28.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.20. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 64° N. South of latitude 64° S it never sets. 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 1949. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1196, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.71, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Taurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3934 6.66 light-years
- GJ 3905 9.85 light-years
- HIP 79578 10.3 light-years
- HIP 78734 11.1 light-years
- CWISEP J160835.01-244244.7 11.7 light-years
- PSO J246.1033-19.6194 12.8 light-years
- HIP 75798 14.1 light-years
- HIP 75363 14.7 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.