Star · K7V
Gl 169
Gl 169 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K7V in the constellation Taurus, 36.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 20917 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Distance | 36.6 light-years (11.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.30 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.05 |
| Spectral type | K7V |
| Surface temperature | 4,010 K |
| Luminosity | 0.146 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.79 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.618 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 4h 29m 00.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +21° 55′ 21″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 37.1 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.30); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 68° S. North of latitude 68° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1989. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 650 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 169, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.08, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3304 5.66 light-years
- GJ 1072 5.77 light-years
- HD 285968 6.25 light-years
- GJ 3333 6.57 light-years
- Gl 174 6.80 light-years
- WISEA J041743.13+241506.3 6.87 light-years
- WISE J040137.21+284951.7 7.38 light-years
- Gl 192 7.56 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.