Star · K8
Gl 488.2A
Gl 488.2A is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8 in the constellation Virgo, 129.7 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 63023 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 129.7 light-years (39.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.41 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.41 |
| Spectral type | K8 |
| Surface temperature | 4,340 K |
| Luminosity | 0.192 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.777 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.662 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 54m 56.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −6° 20′ 19″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 66.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.41. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 84° N. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1896. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 488.2A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.83, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 488.2B 1.97 light-years
- HIP 63419 10.0 light-years
- HIP 63421 12.5 light-years
- HIP 64688 12.8 light-years
- HIP 61797 15.2 light-years
- 2MASS J13042886-0032410 16.4 light-years
- HIP 64638 16.5 light-years
- HIP 61687 19.0 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.