Star · K3V
Gl 321
Gl 321 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3V in the constellation Lynx, 81.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 42940 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Distance | 81.3 light-years (24.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.52 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.54 |
| Spectral type | K3V |
| Surface temperature | 4,890 K |
| Luminosity | 0.301 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.763 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.74 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 45m 10.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +41° 40′ 19″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 87.3 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.52); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 48° S. North of latitude 48° 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 1945. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 321, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.81, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Microscopium. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 43852 8.52 light-years
- SDSS J085234.90+472035.0 8.87 light-years
- SDSS J084135.31+455442.0 9.02 light-years
- SDSS J080959.01+443422.2 10.0 light-years
- Gl 336.1 10.3 light-years
- GJ 1115 10.5 light-years
- GJ 1124 11.0 light-years
- Gl 307.1 11.9 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.