Star · ?
Gl 200.1
Gl 200.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Pictor, 286.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Pictor |
|---|---|
| Distance | 286.4 light-years (87.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.19 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.47 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 4,390 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0694 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.456 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.513 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 17m 53.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −53° 40′ 51″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 224.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.19. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 36° N. South of latitude 36° 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 1740. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 200.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.55, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
The catalogue has no other star within 20 light-years.
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.