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Star · G5

GJ 9535

GJ 9535 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Draco, 161.6 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 78165
ConstellationDraco
Distance161.6 light-years (49.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 9.04
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.56
Spectral typeG5
Surface temperature5,110 K
Luminosity0.669 L☉
Radius1.05 R☉
Mass0.904 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 57m 40.2s
Declination (J2000)+65° 23′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)59.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.04. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 25° S. North of latitude 25° 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 1864. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 9535, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.31, 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 9532 5.13 light-years
  • 2MASS J15392137+6502364 5.51 light-years
  • HIP 75370 10.3 light-years
  • HIP 76256 10.4 light-years
  • HD 143105 13.3 light-years
  • HIP 81755 16.8 light-years
  • HIP 75389 18.5 light-years
  • HIP 73659 19.5 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.