Nearby star
Lacaille 9352
Also GJ 887 · HD 217987
A bright red dwarf in Piscis Austrinus, one of the Sun's neighbours, with four known planets (NASA Exoplanet Archive, as of October 2026).
Measured
- Distance
- 11 light-years
- Constellation
- Piscis Austrinus
- Position (J2000)
- RA 23h 05m 52s, Dec −35.85°
How far, from the Sun
10.7 light-years. To cross it:
- Light10.7 years
- Voyager 1's speed190,000 years
- Driving at 100 km/h116 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 M2V (SIMBAD).
- At magnitude 7.39 (V) it is too faint to see with the naked eye.
How it was found
- Two super-Earths were found orbiting it in 2020; two more were reported in 2026.
Where this comes from
- Gaia DR3 parallax 304.1354 ± 0.0200 mas, Gaia DR3 6553614253923452800 (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.