Star · K0
Gl 697
Gl 697 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Hercules, 80.0 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 87579 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Distance | 80.0 light-years (24.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.50 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.55 |
| Spectral type | K0 |
| Surface temperature | 4,890 K |
| Luminosity | 0.296 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.758 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.738 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 17h 53m 29.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +21° 19′ 31″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 17.2 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.50); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 69° S. North of latitude 69° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1946. 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 697, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.78, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lepus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 4029 3.57 light-years
- CWISE J175517.35+250147.3 5.42 light-years
- 2MASS J17392515+2454421 6.97 light-years
- Gl 698 7.61 light-years
- Gl 686.1A 7.77 light-years
- Gl 686.1B 7.78 light-years
- GJ 4032 8.51 light-years
- SDSSp J175032.96+175903.9 8.83 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.