Gliese 783

Measured

Distance

20 light-years

Constellation

Sagittarius

Position (J2000)

RA 20h 11m 12s, Dec −36.10°

How far, from the Sun

19.6 light-years. To cross it:

• Light19.6 years
• Voyager 1's speed348,000 years
• Driving at 100 km/h212 million years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

• Spectral type K2.5V (SIMBAD).
• At magnitude 5.32 (V) it is visible to the naked eye in a dark sky.

Where this comes from

• Gaia DR3 parallax 166.3272 ± 0.1065 mas, Gaia DR3 6697578465310949376 (Gaia Collaboration 2023, A&A 674, A1)
• This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
• This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.