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GJ 4365

GJ 4365 is a white dwarf of spectral type ? in the constellation Pegasus, 68.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance68.3 light-years (20.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.72
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 14.11
Spectral type?
Surface temperature8,000 K
Luminosity2.04 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.012 R☉
Mass0.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 49m 54.3s
Declination (J2000)+29° 34′ 03″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)50.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.72. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 60° S. North of latitude 60° 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 1958. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 4365, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.44, 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.