Star · M1V
Gl 424
Gl 424 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Ursa Major, 29.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 55360 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Distance | 29.6 light-years (9.07 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.31 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 9.52 |
| Spectral type | M1V |
| Surface temperature | 3,930 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0412 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.437 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.45 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 11h 20m 04.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +65° 50′ 48″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 140.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.31. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 24° S. North of latitude 24° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1996. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 525 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 424, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.62, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISEPC J115013.88+630240.7 3.44 light-years
- 2MASS J12373919+6526148 6.18 light-years
- Gl 487 6.18 light-years
- HIP 48714 7.10 light-years
- 2MASS J13243553+6358281 7.75 light-years
- CWISE J105512.11+544328.3 8.78 light-years
- GJ 1151 9.31 light-years
- GJ 3512 10.0 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.