Star · G3V
Gl 379.2
Gl 379.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3V in the constellation Antlia, 153.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 49793 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Antlia |
| Distance | 153.5 light-years (47.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.07 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.71 |
| Spectral type | G3V |
| Surface temperature | 6,010 K |
| Luminosity | 1.17 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.999 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.04 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 09m 49.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | −36° 45′ 15″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 155.5 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.07); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 53° N. South of latitude 53° 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 1873. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.7 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 379.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.19, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lacerta. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 49599 3.76 light-years
- HIP 50489 5.48 light-years
- HIP 49024 5.74 light-years
- HIP 48141 13.7 light-years
- HIP 49767 15.6 light-years
- HIP 49903 17.1 light-years
- HIP 47251 17.3 light-years
- HIP 47947 17.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.