Star · G8V
Gl 900.1
Gl 900.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8V in the constellation Phoenix, 123.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 116429 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Phoenix |
| Distance | 123.4 light-years (37.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.55 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.66 |
| Spectral type | G8V |
| Surface temperature | 5,330 K |
| Luminosity | 0.564 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.88 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.867 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 23h 35m 35.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −46° 56′ 41″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 65.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.55); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 43° N. South of latitude 43° 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 1903. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gl 900.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.72, 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):
- HIP 115849 6.14 light-years
- HIP 114885 8.88 light-years
- HIP 117187 10.4 light-years
- HIP 191 10.4 light-years
- HIP 116905 12.6 light-years
- HIP 115781 12.7 light-years
- HIP 115780 12.7 light-years
- HIP 117320 13.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.