Star · G8V
Gl 611.1
Gl 611.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8V in the constellation Apus, 84.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 79143 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Apus |
| Distance | 84.6 light-years (25.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.23 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.16 |
| Spectral type | G8V |
| Surface temperature | 5,550 K |
| Luminosity | 0.84 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.99 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.957 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 16h 09m 13.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | −71° 04′ 10″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 60.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.23); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 19° N. South of latitude 19° S 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 1941. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.5 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 611.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.90, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Camelopardalis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HD 134606 7.28 light-years
- HD 155918 11.7 light-years
- WISEA J172907.10-753017.0 12.9 light-years
- HIP 72493 13.1 light-years
- HIP 70308 14.1 light-years
- HIP 82357 14.1 light-years
- Gl 558.1 14.3 light-years
- TOI-912 14.6 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.