Star · F8
Gl 296.2
Gl 296.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8 in the constellation Camelopardalis, 97.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 40015 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Distance | 97.5 light-years (29.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.54 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.16 |
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,100 K |
| Luminosity | 1.91 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.24 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.18 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 10m 20.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +69° 43′ 30″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 31.8 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.54); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 20° S. North of latitude 20° 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 1929. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 296.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pavo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 285.1 4.21 light-years
- HIP 40848 7.40 light-years
- SDSS J073922.26+661503.5 13.0 light-years
- 24 UMa 14.7 light-years
- GJ 3509 14.8 light-years
- HIP 35628 15.4 light-years
- HIP 48139 15.7 light-years
- GJ 3529 16.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.