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GJ 4100

GJ 4100 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Aquila, 112.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquila
Distance112.4 light-years (34.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.18
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 9.49
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,790 K
Luminosity0.0502 L☉
Radius0.519 R☉
Mass0.473 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 10m 38.5s
Declination (J2000)+1° 32′ 08″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)41.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.18. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 88° S. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1914. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 4100, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Monoceros. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 93195 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 93613 13.3 light-years
  • HIP 95429 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 93797 15.7 light-years
  • μ Aql 16.2 light-years
  • HIP 92918 16.2 light-years
  • GJ 9659 18.7 light-years
  • HIP 95253 18.9 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.