Star · K5V
Gl 370
Gl 370 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5V in the constellation Vela, 36.8 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 48331 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Vela |
| Distance | 36.8 light-years (11.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.67 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.41 |
| Spectral type | K5V |
| Surface temperature | 4,400 K |
| Luminosity | 0.184 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.739 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.655 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 51m 07.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −43° 30′ 10″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 36.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.67); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 46° N. South of latitude 46° S 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 1989. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 652 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 370, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.09, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cygnus. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 1132 5.74 light-years
- Gl 358 5.77 light-years
- Añañuca 6.25 light-years
- Gl 320 8.64 light-years
- 2MASS J10073369-4555147 8.66 light-years
- HIP 48659 10.3 light-years
- CWISE J092503.20-472013.8 10.5 light-years
- WISE J111239.24-385700.7 10.8 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.