Star · K5
Gl 295.1
Gl 295.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5 in the constellation Cancer, 118.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 39127 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Distance | 118.5 light-years (36.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.34 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.54 |
| Spectral type | K5 |
| Surface temperature | 4,190 K |
| Luminosity | 0.194 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.834 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.664 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 00m 15.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +13° 47′ 48″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 29.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.34. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° 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 1907. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 295.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.63, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 39068 7.57 light-years
- HIP 39515 7.62 light-years
- HIP 40133 10.7 light-years
- HIP 39096 10.8 light-years
- HIP 39495 10.8 light-years
- SDSS J075752.70+091410.0 12.1 light-years
- SDSS J082030.12+103737.0 12.7 light-years
- HIP 38712 13.4 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.