Star · A2V
Menkalinan
Menkalinan is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2V in the constellation Auriga, 81.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | β Aur · GJ 3375 · HIP 28360 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Auriga |
| Distance | 81.1 light-years (24.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 1.90 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −0.08 |
| Spectral type | A2V |
| Surface temperature | 9,260 K |
| Luminosity | 113 L☉ |
| Radius | 4.14 R☉ |
| Mass | 3.51 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 59m 31.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +44° 56′ 51″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 17.1 km/s |
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 1.90). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 45° S. North of latitude 45° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1945. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Menkalinan, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.81, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Corona Australis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISEA J060742.13+455037.0 2.99 light-years
- GJ 3381 6.28 light-years
- GJ 3365 6.60 light-years
- HIP 28634 9.90 light-years
- 2MASS J06143818+3950357 10.6 light-years
- GJ 3352 10.7 light-years
- Gl 226.3 14.1 light-years
- GJ 3396 14.1 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.