Star · M2
Gl 600
Gl 600 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M2 in the constellation Serpens, 68.8 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 77725 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Distance | 68.8 light-years (21.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.34 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.72 |
| Spectral type | M2 |
| Surface temperature | 3,980 K |
| Luminosity | 0.206 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.956 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.673 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 15h 52m 08.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +10° 52′ 28″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 35.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.34. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 79° S. North of latitude 79° 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 1957. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 600, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.45, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- SDSS J153453.33+121949.2 6.16 light-years
- GJ 1199 7.62 light-years
- Unukalhai 8.15 light-years
- ε Ser 8.48 light-years
- GJ 1193 8.54 light-years
- SDSS J154849.02+172235.4 8.57 light-years
- CWISE J153347.50+175306.7 10.7 light-years
- 39 Ser 11.1 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.