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Gl 432B

Gl 432B is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Hydra, 31.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHydra
Distance31.2 light-years (9.56 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.00
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 15.10
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,650 K
Luminosity3.53 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.047 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 34m 30.2s
Declination (J2000)−32° 50′ 01″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)48.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.00. 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 March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1995. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 553 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Gl 432B, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.73, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be visible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 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.