Star · K1IV
GJ 9269
GJ 9269 is a subgiant star of spectral type K1IV in the constellation Pyxis, 105.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 42011 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pyxis |
| Distance | 105.6 light-years (32.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.22 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.67 |
| Spectral type | K1IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,450 K |
| Luminosity | 1.36 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.31 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.08 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 33m 45.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | −23° 21′ 20″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 61.9 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.22); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 67° N. South of latitude 67° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1920. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 9269, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.38, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vulpecula. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 41282 9.00 light-years
- Gl 329 10.3 light-years
- HIP 41134 11.2 light-years
- HIP 42910 14.4 light-years
- HIP 40459 14.8 light-years
- HIP 42108 15.5 light-years
- HIP 42281 16.9 light-years
- 2MASS J08441409-2924121 17.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.