Star · ?
GJ 3461
GJ 3461 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Canis Minor, 90.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Canis Minor |
|---|---|
| Distance | 90.3 light-years (27.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.71 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.50 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0244 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.391 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.377 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 41m 53.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +5° 02′ 31″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 34.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.71. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 85° S. 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 1936. 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 3461, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.04, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- 2MASS J07415784+0531568 5.32 light-years
- Gl 287 5.76 light-years
- WISEA J075438.20+090044.9 8.11 light-years
- GJ 3473 8.52 light-years
- GJ 3474B 13.4 light-years
- HIP 39506 13.4 light-years
- Gl 266 13.8 light-years
- GJ 3465 14.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.