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Star · G0

Gl 732A

Gl 732A is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 in the constellation Corona Australis, 40.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCorona Australis
Distance40.6 light-years (12.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 12.23
Spectral typeG0
Surface temperature3,750 K
Luminosity0.0043 L☉
Radius0.155 R☉
Mass0.177 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 53m 41.9s
Declination (J2000)−38° 36′ 57″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)58.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.70. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 51° N. South of latitude 51° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1985. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 719 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Gl 732A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.30, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be visible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.