Star · M5.0 V
GJ 9066
GJ 9066 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M5.0 V in the constellation Aries, 14.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | Gl 83.1 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Aries |
| Distance | 14.6 light-years (4.47 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.28 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 14.03 |
| Spectral type | M5.0 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,150 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00254 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.164 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.15 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.13 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 2h 00m 12.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +13° 03′ 11″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 53.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.28. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 77° S. North of latitude 77° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 2011. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 259 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 9066, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 3.08, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- GJ 9066 c 771-day orbit · 9.6 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Teegarden's Star 3.76 light-years
- Van Maanen's Star 4.78 light-years
- SIMP J013656.5+093347.3 5.73 light-years
- τ Cet 7.17 light-years
- YZ Cet 7.79 light-years
- Ran 7.98 light-years
- Gl 65A 8.40 light-years
- Gl 65B 8.46 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.