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Star · K0

GJ 4134

GJ 4134 is a giant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Cygnus, 368.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCygnus
Distance368.0 light-years (112.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.72
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.46
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature4,890 K
Luminosity12.9 L☉
Radius4.99 R☉
Mass1.89 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 04m 07.2s
Declination (J2000)+54° 27′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)70.2 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.72); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 36° S. North of latitude 36° N it never sets. 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 1658. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 4134, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.09, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.