Star · ?
GJ 1206
GJ 1206 is a white dwarf of spectral type ? in the constellation Draco, 35.7 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 82257 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 35.7 light-years (10.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.24 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 12.04 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 8,490 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00145 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.012 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.6 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 16h 48m 25.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +59° 03′ 22″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 16.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.24. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 31° S. North of latitude 31° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1990. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 633 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1206, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.03, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Dorado. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.