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GJ 3201

GJ 3201 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Perseus, 92.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance92.8 light-years (28.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 14.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 12.43
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,790 K
Luminosity0.00336 L☉
Radius0.134 R☉
Mass0.159 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 08m 22.6s
Declination (J2000)+43° 02′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)70.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.70. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 47° S. North of latitude 47° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1933. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 3201, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.10, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • Algol 4.39 light-years
  • GJ 3199A 4.48 light-years
  • HIP 13528 6.29 light-years
  • HIP 15797 7.67 light-years
  • HIP 15234 10.7 light-years
  • HIP 16209 11.7 light-years
  • GJ 3209 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 11949 15.8 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.