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GJ 3586

GJ 3586 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Ursa Major, 42.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance42.9 light-years (13.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 12.87
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,570 K
Luminosity0.00311 L☉
Radius0.146 R☉
Mass0.154 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 09m 31.2s
Declination (J2000)+51° 17′ 02″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)58.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.47. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 1983. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 761 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 3586, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.43, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Grus. 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.