M-type star · red dwarf
GJ 1214
3101 K
temperature
0.22 R☉
radius
0.18 M☉
mass
0.004 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 47.8 ly away
At light speed, about 48 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.54×
as hot as the Sun
0.22×
the Sun's width
0.18×
the Sun's mass
0.004×
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 15.1To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from GJ 1214's temperature, not a photograph.