Star · ?
GJ 3601B
GJ 3601B is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Ursa Major, 64.0 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
|---|---|
| Distance | 64.0 light-years (19.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.68 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 12.22 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00501 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.177 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.189 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 26m 04.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +50° 27′ 09″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 57.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.68. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 40° S. North of latitude 40° 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 1962. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3601B, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.29, 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):
- GJ 3600A 2.93 light-years
- GJ 3602 4.07 light-years
- GJ 3611B 5.62 light-years
- GJ 3593 7.62 light-years
- G 196-3 8.25 light-years
- Gl 368 8.74 light-years
- 2MASS J10224821+5825453 9.35 light-years
- WISE J105047.90+505606.2 9.38 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.