Star · ?
GJ 4373
GJ 4373 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Cassiopeia, 83.0 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Cassiopeia |
|---|---|
| Distance | 83.0 light-years (25.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.52 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 11.49 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00978 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.247 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.253 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 23h 54m 09.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +51° 41′ 09″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 32.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.52. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 38° S. North of latitude 38° 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 1943. 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 4373, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.86, 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):
- GJ 4382 3.56 light-years
- GJ 4334 6.63 light-years
- λ And 8.74 light-years
- PSO J002.0878+52.0687 8.96 light-years
- PSO J004.7148+51.8918 10.1 light-years
- 7 And 10.2 light-years
- WISEA J002810.59+521853.1 11.5 light-years
- GJ 4351 12.0 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.