Star · ?
Gl 606.1B
Gl 606.1B is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Octans, 111.7 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Octans |
|---|---|
| Distance | 111.7 light-years (34.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.03 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.36 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 4,020 K |
| Luminosity | 0.109 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.682 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.575 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 16h 10m 11.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −84° 14′ 15″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 55.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.03. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 6° N. South of latitude 6° S it never sets.
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 606.1B, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.50, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cepheus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HD 142022 A 0.03 light-years
- HIP 64109 10.9 light-years
- HIP 65302 11.5 light-years
- HIP 105585 11.9 light-years
- HIP 87091 12.0 light-years
- HIP 99634 15.7 light-years
- HIP 70656 16.9 light-years
- HIP 66125 17.1 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.