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Star · K2

GJ 9672

GJ 9672 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2 in the constellation Aquila, 114.0 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 98007
ConstellationAquila
Distance114.0 light-years (34.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 9.42
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 6.70
Spectral typeK2
Surface temperature4,800 K
Luminosity0.271 L☉
Radius0.754 R☉
Mass0.721 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 55m 01.5s
Declination (J2000)+4° 03′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)80.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.42. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 86° S. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1912. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 9672, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.55, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Monoceros. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 99014 7.09 light-years
  • HIP 98878 7.95 light-years
  • HIP 99629 10.9 light-years
  • HIP 97779 11.2 light-years
  • μ Aql 12.5 light-years
  • HIP 96948 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 99158 16.8 light-years
  • HIP 98020 17.2 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.