Star · K8
Gl 226.2
Gl 226.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8 in the constellation Camelopardalis, 81.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 29067 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Distance | 81.4 light-years (25.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.75 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.76 |
| Spectral type | K8 |
| Surface temperature | 4,210 K |
| Luminosity | 0.155 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.739 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.627 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 6h 07m 55.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +67° 58′ 36″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 14.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.75. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 22° S. North of latitude 22° 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 1945. 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 Gl 226.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.82, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Apus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3364 3.84 light-years
- WISEPA J052536.33+673952.3 5.69 light-years
- GJ 9205 5.72 light-years
- 2MASS J05431887+6422528 6.20 light-years
- GJ 3427 9.17 light-years
- GJ 3386 9.94 light-years
- HIP 35628 10.3 light-years
- Gl 275.1 11.8 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.