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GJ 3532

GJ 3532 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Ursa Major, 66.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance66.1 light-years (20.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.96
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 11.42
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,650 K
Luminosity0.0104 L☉
Radius0.255 R☉
Mass0.26 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 08m 46.6s
Declination (J2000)+66° 35′ 39″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.4 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 23° S. North of latitude 23° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1960. 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 3532, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.37, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pavo. 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.