Star · K8V
GJ 3501A
GJ 3501A is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8V in the constellation Hydra, 82.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 41802 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Distance | 82.3 light-years (25.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.19 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 9.18 |
| Spectral type | K8V |
| Surface temperature | 3,970 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0538 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.49 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.482 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 31m 21.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | −6° 02′ 01″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 91.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.19. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 84° N. 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 1944. 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 3501A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Delphinus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 316 3.24 light-years
- GJ 9273 3.84 light-years
- WISEA J084254.56-061023.7 5.05 light-years
- 1 Hya 7.26 light-years
- 2MASSW J0832045-012835 7.81 light-years
- PSO J127.5648-11.1861 9.53 light-years
- SDSS J083048.80+012831.1 12.1 light-years
- CWISE J080436.67-000028.6 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.