Star · K7V
Gl 894
Gl 894 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K7V in the constellation Grus, 107.8 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 115013 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Grus |
| Distance | 107.8 light-years (33.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.39 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.80 |
| Spectral type | K7V |
| Surface temperature | 4,090 K |
| Luminosity | 0.169 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.817 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.641 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 23h 17m 38.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −42° 11′ 30″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 46.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.39. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 48° N. South of latitude 48° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1918. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 894, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.42, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- φ Gru 4.90 light-years
- HIP 114382 5.87 light-years
- Gl 895.1 7.76 light-years
- 2MASS J23155665-4747315 10.5 light-years
- HIP 116905 11.1 light-years
- HIP 112515 11.6 light-years
- HIP 113423 11.9 light-years
- HD 216435 14.4 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.