Struve 2398

Measured

Distance

11 light-years

Constellation

Draco

Position (J2000)

RA 18h 42m 47s, Dec +59.63°

How far, from the Sun

11.5 light-years. To cross it:

• Light11.5 years
• Voyager 1's speed204,000 years
• Driving at 100 km/h124 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 M3V + M3.5V (SIMBAD).
• At magnitude 8.93 (V) it is too faint to see with the naked eye.

Where this comes from

• Gaia DR3 parallax 283.8401 ± 0.0220 mas, Gaia DR3 2154880616774131840 (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.