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Star · K1V

Gl 92.1

Gl 92.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1V in the constellation Perseus, 109.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance109.0 light-years (33.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.27
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.65
Spectral typeK1V
Surface temperature4,940 K
Luminosity0.663 L☉
Radius1.11 R☉
Mass0.902 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 18m 24.6s
Declination (J2000)+56° 33′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)64.6 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.27); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 33° S. North of latitude 33° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1917. 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 92.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.45, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 8865 10.4 light-years
  • HIP 14592 13.2 light-years
  • GJ 3168 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 10960 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 6285 15.8 light-years
  • Ruchbah 16.0 light-years
  • GJ 9111 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 13394 18.3 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.