Star · G8V
GJ 3324
GJ 3324 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8V in the constellation Taurus, 242.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 23550 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Distance | 242.4 light-years (74.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.44 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.08 |
| Spectral type | G8V |
| Surface temperature | 5,250 K |
| Luminosity | 6.22 L☉ |
| Radius | 3.01 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.58 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 03m 52.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +24° 58′ 22″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 82.9 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.44); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 65° S. North of latitude 65° 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 1784. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3324, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.19, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 23209 10.5 light-years
- HIP 24007 10.6 light-years
- HIP 24020 14.1 light-years
- HIP 24113 14.2 light-years
- HIP 24283 16.6 light-years
- HIP 22792 17.9 light-years
- HIP 24543 18.2 light-years
- HIP 23056 19.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.