Star · G5IV
GJ 9429
GJ 9429 is a subgiant star of spectral type G5IV in the constellation Virgo, 86.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 64150 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 86.1 light-years (26.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.78 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.67 |
| Spectral type | G5IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,720 K |
| Luminosity | 1.27 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.15 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.06 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 08m 51.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +5° 12′ 26″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 89.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.78); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 85° S. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1940. 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 9429, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.94, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 62942 6.85 light-years
- HIP 64262 7.93 light-years
- ULAS J124804.56+075904.0 9.11 light-years
- GJ 3778 12.2 light-years
- HIP 66212 12.8 light-years
- Gl 493 12.8 light-years
- HIP 65121 13.7 light-years
- GJ 3788 14.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.