Star · ?
GJ 1227
GJ 1227 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Draco, 27.2 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Draco |
|---|---|
| Distance | 27.2 light-years (8.35 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.41 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 13.80 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,440 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00165 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.114 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.117 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 18h 22m 30.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +62° 02′ 53″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 61.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.41. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 28° S. North of latitude 28° 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 1999. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 483 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1227, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.44, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pictor. 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.