Star · K8V
GJ 3369
GJ 3369 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8V in the constellation Lepus, 91.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 27397 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lepus |
| Distance | 91.4 light-years (28.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.98 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.74 |
| Spectral type | K8V |
| Surface temperature | 3,980 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0801 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.596 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.532 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 48m 17.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −11° 08′ 05″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 112.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.98. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 79° N. South of latitude 79° 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 1935. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3369, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.07, 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):
- PSO J087.7749-12.6537 3.27 light-years
- AF Lep 9.07 light-years
- HIP 26834 10.3 light-years
- HIP 29958 13.0 light-years
- WISEPA J053957.02-103436.5 14.4 light-years
- GJ 3377C 14.4 light-years
- HIP 24210 14.9 light-years
- HIP 27075 15.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.