Star · G5
GJ 9532
GJ 9532 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Draco, 159.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 78063 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 159.1 light-years (48.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.54 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.10 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,020 K |
| Luminosity | 0.423 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.859 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.806 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 15h 56m 20.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +63° 48′ 59″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 51.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.54. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 26° S. North of latitude 26° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1867. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 9532, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.27, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Reticulum. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 9535 5.13 light-years
- 2MASS J15392137+6502364 6.76 light-years
- HIP 75370 12.1 light-years
- HIP 76256 14.7 light-years
- HD 143105 15.1 light-years
- HIP 75389 16.3 light-years
- TOI-1860 17.9 light-years
- HIP 81755 18.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.