Star · K1V
Gl 569.1
Gl 569.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1V in the constellation Boötes, 76.9 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 73005 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Distance | 76.9 light-years (23.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.77 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.91 |
| Spectral type | K1V |
| Surface temperature | 5,330 K |
| Luminosity | 0.45 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.788 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.819 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 55m 11.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +53° 40′ 49″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 121.8 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.77); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 36° S. North of latitude 36° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1949. 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 569.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.69, 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):
- GJ 3880 7.64 light-years
- 2MASS J14283132+5923354 10.2 light-years
- GJ 3891 10.3 light-years
- GJ 3883 10.9 light-years
- WISEA J152529.09+605356.5 12.4 light-years
- GJ 3911 12.9 light-years
- PSO J224.3820+47.4057 13.5 light-years
- GJ 3920 13.7 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.