Star · M5.0 V
Wolf 1069
Wolf 1069 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M5.0 V in the constellation Cygnus, 31.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | GJ 1253 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Distance | 31.2 light-years (9.57 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 14.04 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 14.13 |
| Spectral type | M5.0 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,160 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00294 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.181 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.167 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.07 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 20h 26m 04.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +58° 34′ 20″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 27.4 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.04. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 31° S. North of latitude 31° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1995. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 554 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Wolf 1069, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.74, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Wolf 1069 b 15.6-day orbit · 1.08 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.