Star · K5V
GJ 9714
GJ 9714 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5V in the constellation Microscopium, 66.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 103768 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Microscopium |
| Distance | 66.8 light-years (20.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.37 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.81 |
| Spectral type | K5V |
| Surface temperature | 4,260 K |
| Luminosity | 0.131 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.663 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.67 M☉ |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 21h 01m 39.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −32° 31′ 28″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 30.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.37. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 57° N. South of latitude 57° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1959. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 9714, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.39, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cancer. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- GJ 9714 b 19,200-day orbit · 12.5 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 4157 7.21 light-years
- Gl 811 7.73 light-years
- CWISEP J210007.87-293139.8 8.98 light-years
- Gl 790 9.23 light-years
- CWISEP J213838.74-313808.5 9.45 light-years
- GJ 4162 10.1 light-years
- Gl 825.4B 10.4 light-years
- Gl 825.4A 10.4 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.