Star · G8V
Gl 290
Gl 290 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8V in the constellation Camelopardalis, 56.0 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 38784 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Distance | 56.0 light-years (17.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.55 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.38 |
| Spectral type | G8V |
| Surface temperature | 5,540 K |
| Luminosity | 0.691 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.903 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.912 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 56m 17.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +80° 15′ 56″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 40.2 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.55); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 10° S. North of latitude 10° N it never sets.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1970. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 993 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 290, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.00, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Octans. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 240.1 4.65 light-years
- Gl 366 7.89 light-years
- WISE J075430.95+790957.8 8.06 light-years
- GJ 3496 8.18 light-years
- GJ 3768 9.77 light-years
- WISE J124309.61+844547.8 10.1 light-years
- GJ 3550 10.4 light-years
- GJ 3520 11.6 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.