Star · K4V
Gl 199A
Gl 199A is a main-sequence star of spectral type K4V in the constellation Lepus, 66.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 24783 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lepus |
| Distance | 66.6 light-years (20.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.35 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.80 |
| Spectral type | K4V |
| Surface temperature | 4,130 K |
| Luminosity | 0.163 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.79 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.635 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 18m 47.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | −21° 23′ 37″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 30.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.35. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 69° N. South of latitude 69° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1959. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 199A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.38, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 199B 0.06 light-years
- GJ 3331A 3.74 light-years
- GJ 3329 6.69 light-years
- 2MASSI J0512063-294954 9.93 light-years
- WISE J051208.66-300404.4 10.8 light-years
- GJ 3327 11.7 light-years
- 2MASS J05185995-2828372 11.9 light-years
- GJ 2037 12.1 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.