Star · ?
GJ 3720
GJ 3720 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Coma Berenices, 92.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
|---|---|
| Distance | 92.6 light-years (28.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 16.32 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 14.05 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,190 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00218 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.153 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.132 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 18m 45.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +29° 45′ 33″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 60.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.32. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 60° S. North of latitude 60° 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 1933. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3720, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.10, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sculptor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 60605 4.09 light-years
- HIP 60448 5.10 light-years
- HIP 60357 5.71 light-years
- GJ 3725A 6.17 light-years
- SDSS J120602.51+281328.7 6.18 light-years
- GJ 3721 7.66 light-years
- GJ 3726C 7.84 light-years
- GJ 3717 9.09 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.