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GJ 1103B

GJ 1103B is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Canis Minor, 30.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanis Minor
Distance30.2 light-years (9.27 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.00
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 15.16
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,650 K
Luminosity3.32 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0456 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 51m 55.7s
Declination (J2000)−0° 00′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.00. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1996. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 536 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 1103B, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.67, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. It would be visible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.