Star · ?
GJ 3304
GJ 3304 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Taurus, 32.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Taurus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 32.6 light-years (10.00 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.53 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 12.53 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,580 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00418 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.168 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.175 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 4h 38m 12.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +28° 13′ 06″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 17.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.53. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 62° S. North of latitude 62° 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 1993. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 579 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3304, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.83, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Scorpius. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HD 285968 5.43 light-years
- Gl 169 5.66 light-years
- Gl 170 7.54 light-years
- GJ 1083A 8.34 light-years
- GJ 3253 8.63 light-years
- UGPS J052127.27+364048.6 8.72 light-years
- GJ 3333 9.18 light-years
- WISE J040137.21+284951.7 9.47 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.