Star · F8
Gl 559.1
Gl 559.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8 in the constellation Draco, 112.2 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 71631 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 112.2 light-years (34.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.60 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.92 |
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 5,870 K |
| Luminosity | 0.986 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.961 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.996 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 39m 00.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +64° 17′ 30″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 30.9 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.60); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 26° S. North of latitude 26° 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 1914. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 559.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.51, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Horologium. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 70952 9.26 light-years
- HIP 71192 13.0 light-years
- HIP 67133 14.8 light-years
- HIP 73440 15.2 light-years
- SDSS J143832.63+572216.9 15.2 light-years
- HIP 77852 16.7 light-years
- HIP 73623 17.6 light-years
- Edasich 18.4 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.