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GJ 3733

GJ 3733 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Canes Venatici, 106.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanes Venatici
Distance106.2 light-years (32.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.22
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 10.66
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,650 K
Luminosity0.0211 L☉
Radius0.363 R☉
Mass0.354 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 32m 20.8s
Declination (J2000)+31° 35′ 54″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)73.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.22. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° 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 1920. 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 3733, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.39, 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 61016 2.40 light-years
  • HIP 62124 6.89 light-years
  • GJ 9420 9.89 light-years
  • HIP 63636 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 60448 12.3 light-years
  • HIP 60357 12.3 light-years
  • HIP 60970 13.2 light-years
  • Gl 485 13.2 light-years

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.