Star · M0
GJ 4196
GJ 4196 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0 in the constellation Cygnus, 85.2 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 105963 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Distance | 85.2 light-years (26.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.06 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.98 |
| Spectral type | M0 |
| Surface temperature | 3,410 K |
| Luminosity | 0.149 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.1 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.621 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 21h 27m 32.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +34° 01′ 29″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 79.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.06. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 56° S. North of latitude 56° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1941. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.5 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 4196, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.91, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Antlia. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 104733 7.56 light-years
- GJ 4173 9.21 light-years
- HIP 105406 9.87 light-years
- HIP 105791 10.4 light-years
- PSO J330.3214+32.3686 10.8 light-years
- GJ 4212 11.1 light-years
- 15 Peg 11.6 light-years
- HIP 107070 12.4 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.