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Star · G0V

GJ 4147

GJ 4147 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0V in the constellation Capricornus, 109.6 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 101507
ConstellationCapricornus
Distance109.6 light-years (33.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.11
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.48
Spectral typeG0V
Surface temperature6,200 K
Luminosity3.55 L☉
Radius1.63 R☉
Mass1.37 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 34m 11.7s
Declination (J2000)−13° 43′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)44.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.11). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 76° N. South of latitude 76° S 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 1916. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 4147, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.46, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cancer. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • Algedi 7.85 light-years
  • HIP 100047 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 99651 12.0 light-years
  • HIP 103576 12.6 light-years
  • Gl 791.1B 12.9 light-years
  • Gl 781.2 13.1 light-years
  • HIP 103581 13.4 light-years
  • HIP 102521 13.8 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.