Star · K5V
Gl 787
Gl 787 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5V in the constellation Telescopium, 60.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 100223 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Telescopium |
| Distance | 60.4 light-years (18.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.73 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.39 |
| Spectral type | K5V |
| Surface temperature | 4,370 K |
| Luminosity | 0.19 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.758 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.66 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 20h 19m 36.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −46° 25′ 41″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 47.2 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.73); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 44° N. South of latitude 44° 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 1966. 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 787, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.17, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lynx. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 769 6.08 light-years
- Gl 773.6 9.37 light-years
- GJ 4112 9.99 light-years
- CWISE J200121.21-413606.8 10.4 light-years
- CWISE J205834.45-513459.4 11.0 light-years
- Gl 750B 12.2 light-years
- Gl 750A 12.2 light-years
- Gl 812.1 12.6 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.