Star · ?
GJ 2095
GJ 2095 is a white dwarf of spectral type ? in the constellation Centaurus, 48.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Centaurus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 48.4 light-years (14.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.96 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 13.10 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 8,320 K |
| Luminosity | 5.36 × 10⁻⁴ L☉ |
| Radius | 0.012 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.6 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 38m 46.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −49° 49′ 07″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 41.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.96. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 40° N. South of latitude 40° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1978. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 858 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 2095, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.69, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cassiopeia. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 1157 4.91 light-years
- VHS J125804.89-441232.4 5.50 light-years
- HD 113538 6.46 light-years
- CWISE J131548.23-493645.4 6.69 light-years
- GJ 1158 7.58 light-years
- GJ 3770 8.40 light-years
- DENIS-P J1253108-570924 9.07 light-years
- HIP 56998 11.0 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.