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GJ 4204B

GJ 4204B is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Aquarius, 47.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance47.5 light-years (14.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 14.50
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 13.68
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,650 K
Luminosity0.0013 L☉
Radius0.0902 R☉
Mass0.105 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 33m 48.5s
Declination (J2000)+1° 47′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)45.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.50. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 88° S. 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 1978. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 843 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 4204B, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.65, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be visible 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.