Star · G5IV
Gl 224
Gl 224 is a subgiant star of spectral type G5IV in the constellation Orion, 89.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 28066 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Orion |
| Distance | 89.5 light-years (27.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.60 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.41 |
| Spectral type | G5IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,780 K |
| Luminosity | 1.6 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.26 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.12 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 56m 03.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +13° 55′ 30″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 79.3 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.60); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° N 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 1937. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 224, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.02, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Serpens. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 30067 9.47 light-years
- WISEA J053424.45+165255.0 10.9 light-years
- GJ 3348B 12.2 light-years
- HIP 28494 12.7 light-years
- GJ 3347A 13.0 light-years
- HIP 29875 15.4 light-years
- HD 42618 15.5 light-years
- HIP 31660 16.0 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.