Star · ?
GJ 3511B
GJ 3511B is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Cancer, 81.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Cancer |
|---|---|
| Distance | 81.5 light-years (25.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.96 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.97 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0158 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.315 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.312 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 39m 48.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +8° 56′ 24″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 33.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.96. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 81° 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 1944. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3511B, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.82, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3510A 4.16 light-years
- Gl 310.1B 4.21 light-years
- Gl 310.1A 4.96 light-years
- HIP 42418 5.24 light-years
- HIP 43557 7.95 light-years
- 2MASSW J0829066+145622 11.1 light-years
- GJ 3494 11.9 light-years
- SDSS J083048.80+012831.1 12.0 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.