Star · ?
GJ 2028
GJ 2028 is a white dwarf of spectral type ? in the constellation Hydrus, 82.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Hydrus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 82.3 light-years (25.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 14.08 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 12.07 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 8,000 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00134 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.012 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.6 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 2h 56m 18.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | −70° 22′ 03″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 133.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.08. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 20° N. South of latitude 20° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1944. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.5 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 2028, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Minor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3167 8.09 light-years
- WISE J032120.91-734758.8 9.06 light-years
- Gl 162.1 13.8 light-years
- WISEA J040443.50-642030.0 15.3 light-years
- κ Ret 15.6 light-years
- Gl 143.2B 15.9 light-years
- CWISE J014308.73-703359.1 16.0 light-years
- 2MASS J02284355-6325052 16.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.