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GJ 3865B

GJ 3865B is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Libra, 81.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLibra
Distance81.5 light-years (25.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 16.30
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 14.31
Spectral type?
Surface temperature3,650 K
Luminosity7.29 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0676 R☉
Mass0.0819 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 44m 39.8s
Declination (J2000)−22° 14′ 46″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)40.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.30. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 68° N. South of latitude 68° S 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 1944. 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 3865B, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.82, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aries. It would be invisible 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.