Star · K2V
Gl 627A
Gl 627A is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2V in the constellation Hercules, 63.0 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 80725 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Distance | 63.0 light-years (19.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.98 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.55 |
| Spectral type | K2V |
| Surface temperature | 5,140 K |
| Luminosity | 0.668 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.03 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.904 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 16h 28m 52.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +18° 24′ 50″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 59.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.98); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 72° S. North of latitude 72° 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 1963. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 627A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.26, 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):
- Gl 627B 0.02 light-years
- GJ 1203 6.82 light-years
- 2MASS J16150413+1340079 7.30 light-years
- GJ 1202 8.18 light-years
- GJ 1200 8.36 light-years
- GJ 1208 10.0 light-years
- Gl 642 10.3 light-years
- WISEA J163932.75+184049.4 10.8 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.