Star · K8
Gl 343.1
Gl 343.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8 in the constellation Lynx, 106.0 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 46383 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Distance | 106.0 light-years (32.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.86 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.30 |
| Spectral type | K8 |
| Surface temperature | 4,160 K |
| Luminosity | 0.248 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.957 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.706 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 27m 28.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +39° 30′ 18″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 36.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.86. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 50° S. North of latitude 50° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1920. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 343.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.39, 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 46493 4.07 light-years
- 2MASSW J0920122+351742 9.43 light-years
- HIP 44458 11.7 light-years
- LP 261-75 A 12.1 light-years
- GJ 3554 12.5 light-years
- 2MASS J09593276+4523309 15.6 light-years
- 19 LMi 15.7 light-years
- WISEA J095729.41+462413.5 16.7 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.