Star · K1V
Gl 315
Gl 315 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1V in the constellation Cancer, 60.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 42499 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Distance | 60.1 light-years (18.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.61 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.28 |
| Spectral type | K1V |
| Surface temperature | 5,190 K |
| Luminosity | 0.335 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.717 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.761 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 39m 50.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +11° 31′ 21″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 46.3 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.61); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° 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 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 315, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.16, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3508 4.28 light-years
- Gl 323A 5.04 light-years
- Gl 323B 5.16 light-years
- CWISEP J085908.26+152527.1 6.48 light-years
- GJ 1120B 6.74 light-years
- GJ 1120A 6.74 light-years
- ULAS J085910.69+101017.1 7.20 light-years
- GJ 3488 7.29 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.