Star · ?
GJ 3515
GJ 3515 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Ursa Major, 100.9 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
|---|---|
| Distance | 100.9 light-years (30.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.40 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 12.95 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,420 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00379 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.176 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.168 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 50m 52.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +52° 53′ 53″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 37.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.40. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 37° S. North of latitude 37° 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 1925. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3515, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.28, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Indus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.