Star · ?
GJ 3480
GJ 3480 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Lynx, 50.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Lynx |
|---|---|
| Distance | 50.6 light-years (15.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.69 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 11.74 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00781 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.221 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.23 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 08m 13.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +58° 30′ 50″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 13.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.69. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 31° S. North of latitude 31° 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 1975. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 898 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3480, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.78, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pavo. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISEPA J074457.15+562821.8 3.35 light-years
- CWISE J080556.14+515330.4 5.92 light-years
- π¹ UMa 7.26 light-years
- GJ 3542 8.02 light-years
- SDSSp J085758.45+570851.4 8.08 light-years
- SDSS J090900.73+652527.2 8.75 light-years
- GJ 3514 8.77 light-years
- Gl 322 8.90 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.