Star · G5
GJ 3360A
GJ 3360A is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Pictor, 83.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 26501 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pictor |
| Distance | 83.1 light-years (25.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.33 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.30 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,380 K |
| Luminosity | 0.777 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.02 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.939 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 38m 09.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | −46° 06′ 22″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 59.0 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.33); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 44° N. South of latitude 44° S 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 3360A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.86, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3361B 0.02 light-years
- HIP 26373 3.92 light-years
- HIP 26369 4.07 light-years
- HIP 28153 4.86 light-years
- 2MASS J05265973-5026216 7.62 light-years
- GJ 9200 8.90 light-years
- η¹ Pic 10.2 light-years
- HIP 28790 10.8 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.