Star · K5
Gl 383.1
Gl 383.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5 in the constellation Ursa Major, 74.9 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 50125 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Distance | 74.9 light-years (23.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.53 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.72 |
| Spectral type | K5 |
| Surface temperature | 4,490 K |
| Luminosity | 0.128 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.592 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.598 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 13m 57.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +52° 30′ 24″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 88.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.53. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 37° S. North of latitude 37° 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 1951. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 383.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.64, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Grus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- G 196-3 5.01 light-years
- Gl 392B 5.68 light-years
- Gl 392A 5.68 light-years
- GJ 3595 5.69 light-years
- GJ 3579 7.67 light-years
- CFBDS J102841.01+565401.9 7.80 light-years
- WISE J105047.90+505606.2 8.09 light-years
- HIP 48509 8.95 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.