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Star · G8V

GJ 3867

GJ 3867 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8V in the constellation Virgo, 63.0 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 72312
ConstellationVirgo
Distance63.0 light-years (19.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.76
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 6.33
Spectral typeG8V
Surface temperature5,020 K
Luminosity0.343 L☉
Radius0.776 R☉
Mass0.765 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 47m 16.1s
Declination (J2000)+2° 42′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)30.0 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.76); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 87° S. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1963. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around GJ 3867, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.26, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. 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.