Star · K1V
GJ 3776
GJ 3776 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1V in the constellation Canes Venatici, 1,023 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 64956 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Distance | 1,023 light-years (313.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.18 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 0.70 |
| Spectral type | K1V |
| Surface temperature | 4,470 K |
| Luminosity | 84.3 L☉ |
| Radius | 15.3 R☉ |
| Mass | 3.23 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 18m 51.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +33° 26′ 19″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 19.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.18); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 57° S. North of latitude 57° 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 1003. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 18 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3776, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sculptor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.