Star · G5
Gl 838.3A
Gl 838.3A is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Cygnus, 96.8 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 107920 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Distance | 96.8 light-years (29.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.85 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.49 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,290 K |
| Luminosity | 0.672 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.977 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.906 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 21h 51m 53.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +42° 20′ 38″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 55.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.85); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 48° S. North of latitude 48° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1929. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 838.3A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.19, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vela. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 838.3B 0.16 light-years
- HIP 106407 6.69 light-years
- HIP 106122 9.56 light-years
- HIP 108481 13.2 light-years
- HIP 105406 13.9 light-years
- Gl 839 13.9 light-years
- HIP 108391 14.7 light-years
- GJ 4183 14.8 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.