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GJ 3315

GJ 3315 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Perseus, 82.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance82.8 light-years (25.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 11.79
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 9.77
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,840 K
Luminosity0.0368 L☉
Radius0.433 R☉
Mass0.438 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 50m 14.7s
Declination (J2000)+45° 58′ 58″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.79. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1943. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 3315, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.85, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ara. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 21832 8.79 light-years
  • HIP 22638 9.16 light-years
  • 9 Aur 10.6 light-years
  • GJ 3352 12.9 light-years
  • GJ 9141 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 24332 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 20359 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 22776 15.6 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.