Star · G5
GJ 3596
GJ 3596 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Leo, 94.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 50829 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Leo |
| Distance | 94.6 light-years (29.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.26 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.95 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,970 K |
| Luminosity | 0.944 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.909 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.986 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 22m 43.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +15° 20′ 40″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 43.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.26); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 75° S. North of latitude 75° 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 1931. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3596, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.14, 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):
- 2MASSI J1017075+130839 6.87 light-years
- HIP 50782 8.99 light-years
- HD 89307 10.5 light-years
- ULAS J104224.20+121206.8 11.7 light-years
- CWISEP J100854.84+203136.6 11.8 light-years
- HIP 51571 12.1 light-years
- 35 Leo 14.0 light-years
- GJ 3576 16.2 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.