Star · ?
GJ 1266
GJ 1266 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Cepheus, 74.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Cepheus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 74.5 light-years (22.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.12 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.33 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,840 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0219 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.335 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.36 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 22h 16m 20.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +70° 56′ 40″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 93.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.12. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 19° S. North of latitude 19° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1952. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 1266, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.62, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 109980 5.12 light-years
- Gl 828.5 6.24 light-years
- 2MASS J23140244+6939368 6.74 light-years
- Gl 842.2 6.85 light-years
- WISE J213512.63+731236.8 7.05 light-years
- GJ 4258A 7.39 light-years
- TOI-6324 8.68 light-years
- GJ 4170 9.83 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.