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GJ 3756

GJ 3756 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Canes Venatici, 70.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanes Venatici
Distance70.2 light-years (21.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 14.40
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 12.74
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,460 K
Luminosity0.0042 L☉
Radius0.18 R☉
Mass0.175 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 55m 56.2s
Declination (J2000)+50° 55′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)88.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.40. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1956. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 3756, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.49, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Phoenix. It would be visible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 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.