Star · M
GJ 4349
GJ 4349 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M in the constellation Cassiopeia, 94.2 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 116497 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cassiopeia |
| Distance | 94.2 light-years (28.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.72 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 9.42 |
| Spectral type | M |
| Surface temperature | 3,850 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0498 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.501 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.472 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 23h 36m 25.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +55° 29′ 43″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 69.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.72. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 35° S. North of latitude 35° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1932. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 4349, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.13, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 113755 9.02 light-years
- PSO J002.0878+52.0687 9.84 light-years
- HIP 117795 10.5 light-years
- GJ 3012 10.6 light-years
- GJ 4334 12.0 light-years
- PSO J004.7148+51.8918 12.0 light-years
- PSO J357.8314+49.6330 12.8 light-years
- GJ 4373 13.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.