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Star · K5

GJ 9725

GJ 9725 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5 in the constellation Cepheus, 112.9 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 104197
ConstellationCepheus
Distance112.9 light-years (34.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 10.84
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 8.14
Spectral typeK5
Surface temperature4,190 K
Luminosity0.111 L☉
Radius0.631 R☉
Mass0.577 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 06m 38.3s
Declination (J2000)+80° 47′ 37″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)51.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.84. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 9° S. North of latitude 9° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1913. 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 9725, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.53, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Chamaeleon. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • GJ 4101 10.2 light-years
  • GJ 9758 13.5 light-years
  • HIP 1347 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 3132 15.7 light-years
  • GJ 1255- 16.6 light-years
  • HIP 105557 16.7 light-years
  • HIP 104375 16.9 light-years
  • 16 Cep 17.9 light-years

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