Star · K8
Gl 441
Gl 441 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8 in the constellation Draco, 86.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 57387 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 86.4 light-years (26.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.80 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.68 |
| Spectral type | K8 |
| Surface temperature | 4,370 K |
| Luminosity | 0.364 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.05 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.777 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 11h 45m 56.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +72° 05′ 45″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 26.3 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.80); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 18° S. North of latitude 18° 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 1940. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.5 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 441, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.95, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISEA J115917.89+671704.2 7.56 light-years
- CWISE J113833.47+721207.8 8.17 light-years
- HIP 56936 9.09 light-years
- Gl 406.1 12.0 light-years
- GJ 3744 12.4 light-years
- GJ 1139 13.7 light-years
- HIP 66578 13.8 light-years
- WISEA J112440.19+663052.0 14.1 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.