Star · ?
GJ 3496
GJ 3496 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Camelopardalis, 62.8 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Camelopardalis |
|---|---|
| Distance | 62.8 light-years (19.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.42 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 12.00 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,620 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00641 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.203 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.211 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 32m 19.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +84° 24′ 41″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 39.4 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.42. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 6° S. North of latitude 6° N it never sets.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1963. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3496, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.25, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Octans. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISE J075430.95+790957.8 6.07 light-years
- Gl 396 6.90 light-years
- WISE J124309.61+844547.8 6.93 light-years
- Gl 240.1 7.24 light-years
- Gl 290 8.18 light-years
- HD 33564 10.5 light-years
- GJ 3137 10.6 light-years
- GJ 3768 10.9 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.