Star · K3V
Gl 293.2
Gl 293.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3V in the constellation Puppis, 60.2 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 38939 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Puppis |
| Distance | 60.2 light-years (18.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.42 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.09 |
| Spectral type | K3V |
| Surface temperature | 4,640 K |
| Luminosity | 0.208 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.705 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.675 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 58m 04.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | −25° 37′ 36″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 39.2 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.42); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 64° N. South of latitude 64° S 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 1966. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 293.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.16, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vulpecula. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 38594 2.43 light-years
- DENIS-P J0751164-253043 2.88 light-years
- Tureis 4.22 light-years
- TOI-6716 9.13 light-years
- DENIS-P J0812316-244442 9.29 light-years
- GJ 1106 9.49 light-years
- Gl 292B 9.60 light-years
- Gl 292A 9.60 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.