Star · K6V
GJ 9486
GJ 9486 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K6V in the constellation Libra, 116.2 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 71188 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Libra |
| Distance | 116.2 light-years (35.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.54 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.78 |
| Spectral type | K6V |
| Surface temperature | 4,190 K |
| Luminosity | 0.155 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.745 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.627 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 33m 33.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −9° 55′ 55″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 95.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.54. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 80° N. 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 1910. 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 9486, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.59, 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 70317 6.51 light-years
- 2MASSW J1438549-130910 12.3 light-years
- Gl 541.1 12.4 light-years
- HIP 70756 12.8 light-years
- PSO J216.4707-06.2849 14.2 light-years
- 2MASS J14313545-0313117 14.3 light-years
- HIP 73194 15.9 light-years
- HIP 70472 16.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.