Star · G5
GJ 9205
GJ 9205 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Camelopardalis, 85.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 29761 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
| Distance | 85.3 light-years (26.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.43 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.34 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,350 K |
| Luminosity | 0.751 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.01 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.931 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 6h 16m 02.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +70° 46′ 54″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 58.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.43); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 19° S. North of latitude 19° N 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 1941. 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 9205, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.92, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pavo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3364 4.67 light-years
- Gl 226.2 5.72 light-years
- WISEPA J052536.33+673952.3 8.75 light-years
- HIP 35628 9.72 light-years
- GJ 3427 10.5 light-years
- 2MASS J05431887+6422528 11.0 light-years
- GJ 3386 11.7 light-years
- Gl 275.1 13.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.