Star · M3.5 V
Gar
Gar is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3.5 V in the constellation Virgo, 26.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | GJ 486 · Gl 486 · HIP 62452 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 26.4 light-years (8.08 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.39 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 11.85 |
| Spectral type | M3.5 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,320 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0115 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.324 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.312 M☉ |
| Age | 4.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.15 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 47m 57.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +9° 45′ 08″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 46.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.39. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 80° S. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 2000. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 467 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gar, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.37, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- GJ 486 b 1.47-day orbit · 1.29 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 493.1 2.86 light-years
- GJ 514 4.86 light-years
- GJ 1154A 5.69 light-years
- GJ 1156 6.05 light-years
- WISEPC J121756.91+162640.2 6.30 light-years
- Gl 518 6.36 light-years
- ULAS J131943.77+120900.2 6.43 light-years
- WISEP J121756.91+162640.2 A 8.33 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.