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Star · K1V

GJ 9822

GJ 9822 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1V in the constellation Pegasus, 108.7 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 115194
ConstellationPegasus
Distance108.7 light-years (33.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.87
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 6.26
Spectral typeK1V
Surface temperature5,250 K
Luminosity0.335 L☉
Radius0.701 R☉
Mass0.761 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 19m 58.3s
Declination (J2000)+28° 52′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)127.5 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.87); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 61° S. North of latitude 61° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1917. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 9822, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.44, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 116421 7.56 light-years
  • GJ 4342 11.4 light-years
  • HIP 113333 13.8 light-years
  • HIP 113124 14.8 light-years
  • HIP 117159 15.3 light-years
  • Sadalbari 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 112610 18.1 light-years
  • HIP 116213 18.2 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.