Star · K2V
GJ 3358
GJ 3358 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2V in the constellation Auriga, 66.7 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 26505 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Auriga |
| Distance | 66.7 light-years (20.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.74 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.19 |
| Spectral type | K2V |
| Surface temperature | 5,180 K |
| Luminosity | 0.366 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.751 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.778 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 38m 11.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +51° 26′ 44″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 71.1 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.74); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 1959. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3358, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.38, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ara. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 1074 7.58 light-years
- CWISE J061348.70+480820.5 7.75 light-years
- GJ 3395 9.89 light-years
- GJ 3393 9.89 light-years
- WISEPA J062542.21+564625.5 10.1 light-years
- GJ 3311 10.4 light-years
- GJ 3406A 12.2 light-years
- GJ 3407B 12.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.