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GJ 3505

GJ 3505 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Cancer, 68.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCancer
Distance68.1 light-years (20.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 14.75
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 13.15
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,650 K
Luminosity0.00212 L☉
Radius0.115 R☉
Mass0.13 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 33m 25.3s
Declination (J2000)+18° 31′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)64.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.75. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 71° S. North of latitude 71° 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 1958. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 3505, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.43, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Capricornus. It would be visible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.