Star · ?
GJ 3853
GJ 3853 is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Boötes, 85.3 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Boötes |
|---|---|
| Distance | 85.3 light-years (26.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 14.66 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 12.57 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 3,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.00361 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.15 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.164 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 29m 59.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +29° 33′ 59″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 64.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.66. 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 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 1941. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.5 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around GJ 3853, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.92, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Fornax. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 72200 6.21 light-years
- GJ 3834 10.8 light-years
- ULAS J135322.83+283408.2 12.0 light-years
- HIP 72044 12.8 light-years
- Seginus 13.1 light-years
- WISEA J143211.17+324433.8 13.6 light-years
- HIP 72875 14.3 light-years
- HD 127506 14.4 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.