Star · ?
Gl 515
Gl 515 is a white dwarf of spectral type ? in the constellation Virgo, 52.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 65877 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 52.5 light-years (16.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.31 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 11.28 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 9,810 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00353 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.012 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.6 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 30m 13.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | −8° 34′ 29″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 99.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.31. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 81° 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 1974. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 931 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 515, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.86, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 514.1 0.17 light-years
- Gl 521.1 5.50 light-years
- WISE J131833.98-175826.5 8.96 light-years
- GJ 3796 9.10 light-years
- SDSSp J134646.45-003150.4 9.41 light-years
- Gl 512B 10.7 light-years
- GJ 3782B 10.7 light-years
- GJ 3781A 10.7 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.