Star · K
Gl 535
Gl 535 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K in the constellation Boötes, 77.8 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 68337 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Distance | 77.8 light-years (23.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.05 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.16 |
| Spectral type | K |
| Surface temperature | 4,390 K |
| Luminosity | 0.232 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.833 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.694 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 59m 19.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +22° 52′ 12″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 60.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.05. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° N 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 1948. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 535, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3794 7.04 light-years
- GJ 3795 8.11 light-years
- WISE J133750.46+263648.6 9.06 light-years
- ULAS J135322.83+283408.2 10.9 light-years
- GJ 3834 11.1 light-years
- GJ 3798 11.5 light-years
- HIP 68030 12.4 light-years
- GJ 9490A 14.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.