Star · M3
GJ 9492
GJ 9492 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3 in the constellation Ursa Minor, 35.7 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 71898 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Minor |
| Distance | 35.7 light-years (10.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.88 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.69 |
| Spectral type | M3 |
| Surface temperature | 3,630 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0212 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.368 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.355 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 42m 21.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +66° 03′ 21″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 24.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.88. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 24° S. North of latitude 24° N it never sets. 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 1990. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 632 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 9492, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.02, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Horologium. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 68184 4.90 light-years
- GJ 3855 4.96 light-years
- HD 147379 5.80 light-years
- Gl 617B 5.80 light-years
- 2MASS J13243553+6358281 5.86 light-years
- GJ 1187 6.34 light-years
- WISEPC J151906.64+700931.5 6.79 light-years
- Gl 487 7.23 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.