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GJ 4144

GJ 4144 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Aquila, 72.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquila
Distance72.5 light-years (22.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.92
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 11.19
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,650 K
Luminosity0.013 L☉
Radius0.285 R☉
Mass0.286 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 19m 39.3s
Declination (J2000)+8° 00′ 17″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.92. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 82° 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 1954. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 4144, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.56, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible 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.