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GJ 3182

GJ 3182 is a white dwarf of spectral type ? in the constellation Perseus, 35.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance35.4 light-years (10.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 15.14
Spectral type?
Surface temperature8,000 K
Luminosity7.94 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.012 R☉
Mass0.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 48m 36.3s
Declination (J2000)+54° 23′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.32. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 36° S. North of latitude 36° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1991. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 629 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 3182, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.01, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. 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.