Star · G5V
Gl 534.3
Gl 534.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5V in the constellation Centaurus, 124.7 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 68273 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Distance | 124.7 light-years (38.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.16 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.25 |
| Spectral type | G5V |
| Surface temperature | 5,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.758 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.909 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.933 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 58m 36.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | −34° 00′ 05″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 115.0 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.16); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 56° N. South of latitude 56° S it never sets. 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 1901. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 534.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.74, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Triangulum. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 539.2 8.36 light-years
- HIP 67798 9.17 light-years
- HIP 68641 9.78 light-years
- 2MASS J14182962-3538060 12.8 light-years
- HIP 65924 15.8 light-years
- HIP 68772 16.1 light-years
- HIP 66486 16.2 light-years
- HIP 67795 16.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.