Star · K9V
Gl 268.3
Gl 268.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K9V in the constellation Gemini, 38.9 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 35191 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Distance | 38.9 light-years (11.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.83 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.45 |
| Spectral type | K9V |
| Surface temperature | 3,760 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0217 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.346 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.358 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 16m 19.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +27° 08′ 32″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 11.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.83. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 63° S. North of latitude 63° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1987. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 690 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 268.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- 2MASS J07003664+3157266 4.49 light-years
- Pollux 6.54 light-years
- Gl 277A 6.58 light-years
- Gl 277B 6.58 light-years
- 2MASSI J0746425+200032 6.98 light-years
- GJ 3423 7.25 light-years
- SDSS J074149.15+235127.5 7.54 light-years
- SDSS J075840.33+324723.4 7.71 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.