Star · K2V
GJ 9204
GJ 9204 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2V in the constellation Columba, 119.9 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 29374 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Columba |
| Distance | 119.9 light-years (36.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.31 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.48 |
| Spectral type | K2V |
| Surface temperature | 4,880 K |
| Luminosity | 0.317 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.786 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.75 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 6h 11m 30.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | −41° 34′ 43″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 53.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.31. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 48° N. South of latitude 48° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1906. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 9204, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.66, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 29804 3.61 light-years
- HIP 28193 12.8 light-years
- HIP 30045 13.0 light-years
- HD 41004 A 16.8 light-years
- HIP 26973 16.8 light-years
- HIP 30888 16.9 light-years
- TOI-2459 17.6 light-years
- HIP 25627 17.7 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.