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EI Cancri

Also GJ 1116

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A pair of tiny red dwarfs in Cancer.

Measured

Distance
17 light-years
Constellation
Cancer
Position (J2000)
RA 8h 58m 15s, Dec +19.76°

How far, from the Sun

16.8 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light16.8 years
  • Voyager 1's speed299,000 years
  • Driving at 100 km/h181 million years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Spectral type M7V + M7V (SIMBAD).
  • Its two stars are at magnitudes 13.93 and 13.75 (V), too faint to see with the naked eye.

Where this comes from

  • Gaia DR3 parallax 194.1443 ± 0.1228 mas, Gaia DR3 660597997696173440 (Gaia Collaboration 2023, A&A 674, A1)
  • This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
  • This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.