Star · K7
GJ 3202
GJ 3202 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K7 in the constellation Eridanus, 178.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 14524 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Distance | 178.3 light-years (54.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.86 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.17 |
| Spectral type | K7 |
| Surface temperature | 3,930 K |
| Luminosity | 0.359 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.29 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.774 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 3h 07m 33.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | −3° 58′ 17″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 130.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.86. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. 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 1848. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3202, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 15046 6.88 light-years
- HIP 14194 9.94 light-years
- HIP 13758 11.5 light-years
- HIP 14161 13.4 light-years
- HIP 13128 17.3 light-years
- HIP 16498 19.3 light-years
- HIP 14475 19.4 light-years
- HIP 15247 19.4 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.