Star · K4
GJ 3460
GJ 3460 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K4 in the constellation Lynx, 87.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 37494 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lynx |
| Distance | 87.3 light-years (26.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.73 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.59 |
| Spectral type | K4 |
| Surface temperature | 4,330 K |
| Luminosity | 0.164 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.72 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.636 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 41m 45.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +49° 13′ 19″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 10.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.73. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 41° S. North of latitude 41° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1939. 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 3460, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.97, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Telescopium. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 38117 7.05 light-years
- HIP 40170 8.67 light-years
- CWISE J081606.70+482822.9 8.91 light-years
- GJ 3432 9.64 light-years
- GJ 3475 9.94 light-years
- SDSS J080959.01+443422.2 11.4 light-years
- SDSS J080531.84+481233.0 11.9 light-years
- GJ 3477 12.9 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.