Star · M4
GJ 3760
GJ 3760 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4 in the constellation Canes Venatici, 80.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 63882 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Distance | 80.5 light-years (24.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.74 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 9.78 |
| Spectral type | M4 |
| Surface temperature | 3,600 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0513 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.583 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.476 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 05m 29.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +37° 08′ 11″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 46.4 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.74. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 53° S. North of latitude 53° 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 1945. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3760, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.79, 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):
- GJ 9427 3.90 light-years
- GJ 1170 4.90 light-years
- SDSS J125011.65+392553.9 6.87 light-years
- HIP 63406 7.81 light-years
- HIP 65640 8.64 light-years
- 2MASSW J1246467+402715 9.93 light-years
- HIP 66193 11.5 light-years
- HIP 60783 11.7 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.