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GJ 4355

GJ 4355 is a white dwarf of spectral type ? in the constellation Aquarius, 60.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance60.9 light-years (18.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.26
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 11.91
Spectral type?
Surface temperature8,320 K
Luminosity0.00162 L☉
Radius0.012 R☉
Mass0.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 38m 50.7s
Declination (J2000)−7° 41′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)3.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.26. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 82° N. 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 1965. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 4355, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.18, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. 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.