Star · K5
GJ 3606
GJ 3606 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5 in the constellation Ursa Major, 76.7 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 51468 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Distance | 76.7 light-years (23.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.74 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.88 |
| Spectral type | K5 |
| Surface temperature | 4,410 K |
| Luminosity | 0.295 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.931 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.737 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 30m 47.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +59° 45′ 04″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 58.7 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.74); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 30° S. North of latitude 30° 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 1949. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3606, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.69, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- CFBDS J102841.01+565401.9 7.51 light-years
- WISEPA J101905.63+652954.2 7.89 light-years
- Gl 383.1 10.2 light-years
- 23 UMa 10.5 light-years
- Gl 430 10.7 light-years
- Merak 10.8 light-years
- SDSSp J092615.38+584720.9 11.1 light-years
- 37 UMa 11.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.