M-type star · red dwarf
G 261-6
2907 K
temperature
0.15 R☉
radius
0.12 M☉
mass
0.002 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 34.7 ly away
At light speed, about 35 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.50×
as hot as the Sun
0.15×
the Sun's width
0.12×
the Sun's mass
0.002×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 15.8To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from G 261-6's temperature, not a photograph.