Star · M0V
GJ 2079
GJ 2079 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Leo, 76.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 50156 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Leo |
| Distance | 76.3 light-years (23.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.01 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.16 |
| Spectral type | M0V |
| Surface temperature | 4,220 K |
| Luminosity | 0.107 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.611 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.571 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 14m 19.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +21° 04′ 29″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 28.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.01. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 69° S. North of latitude 69° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1950. 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 2079, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.68, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 387B 4.58 light-years
- 39 Leo 4.60 light-years
- SDSS J100711.74+193056.2 5.70 light-years
- 40 Leo 7.56 light-years
- WISEPC J095259.29+195507.3 8.78 light-years
- GJ 3599 9.95 light-years
- GJ 3623 11.0 light-years
- GJ 1127 11.8 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.