Star · G8V
GJ 3715
GJ 3715 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8V in the constellation Virgo, 105.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 59572 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 105.1 light-years (32.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.92 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.38 |
| Spectral type | G8V |
| Surface temperature | 5,300 K |
| Luminosity | 0.739 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.02 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.927 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 12m 57.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +10° 02′ 16″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 64.0 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.92); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 80° S. North of latitude 80° 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 1921. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3715, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.37, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 58863 4.45 light-years
- ULAS J120257.05+090158.8 6.26 light-years
- ULAS J115759.04+092200.7 9.11 light-years
- 17 Vir 11.9 light-years
- HIP 60352 11.9 light-years
- HIP 59816 12.1 light-years
- SDSS J115013.17+052012.3 13.8 light-years
- GJ 9397 13.9 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.