Star · M3V
Gl 277A
Gl 277A is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3V in the constellation Lynx, 39.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 36626 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Distance | 39.1 light-years (12.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.52 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.13 |
| Spectral type | M3V |
| Surface temperature | 3,890 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0249 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.348 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.38 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 31m 57.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +36° 13′ 10″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 20.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.52. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 54° S. North of latitude 54° 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 694 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 277A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.22, 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):
- Gl 277B 0.01 light-years
- SDSS J075840.33+324723.4 5.50 light-years
- 2MASS J07003664+3157266 5.69 light-years
- GJ 3423 6.00 light-years
- Gl 268.3 6.58 light-years
- GJ 3438 7.27 light-years
- Pollux 7.66 light-years
- Gl 275.2B 8.24 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.