Star · M2V
GJ 3714
GJ 3714 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M2V in the constellation Canes Venatici, 93.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 59534 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Distance | 93.6 light-years (28.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.38 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 9.09 |
| Spectral type | M2V |
| Surface temperature | 3,860 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0666 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.577 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.508 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 12m 29.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +39° 40′ 28″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 30.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.38. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 50° S. North of latitude 50° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1932. 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 3714, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.12, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Phoenix. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3718 5.81 light-years
- HIP 60970 8.24 light-years
- PSO J179.2489+41.5121 9.56 light-years
- HIP 60783 10.6 light-years
- GJ 3706 12.0 light-years
- WISE J114340.22+443123.8 12.8 light-years
- WISEA J114601.22+342458.8 13.1 light-years
- HIP 60605 13.4 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.