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Star · M0.5 V

GJ 27.1

GJ 27.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0.5 V in the constellation Phoenix, 77.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesGl 27.1 · HIP 3143
ConstellationPhoenix
Distance77.0 light-years (23.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 11.41
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 9.54
Spectral typeM0.5 V
Surface temperature3,540 K
Luminosity0.026 L☉
Radius0.519 R☉
Mass0.53 M☉
Right ascension (J2000)0h 39m 58.8s
Declination (J2000)−44° 15′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)60.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.41. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 46° N. South of latitude 46° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, 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 27.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.70, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canes Venatici. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.