Star · M3.0 V
GJ 463
GJ 463 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3.0 V in the constellation Draco, 59.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | Gl 463 · HIP 60398 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 59.9 light-years (18.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.63 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.31 |
| Spectral type | M3.0 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,560 K |
| Luminosity | 0.03 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.483 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.486 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.16 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 23m 01.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +64° 01′ 48″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 67.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.63. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 26° S. North of latitude 26° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1966. 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 463, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.15, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- GJ 463 b 3,460-day orbit · 13.1 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- SDSS J121440.95+631643.4 1.96 light-years
- GJ 3750 6.78 light-years
- GJ 3684 8.35 light-years
- GJ 3710 9.04 light-years
- WISEPC J132004.16+603426.2 9.57 light-years
- GJ 3704 11.1 light-years
- 2MASSW J1108307+683017 11.1 light-years
- Gl 511.1 11.3 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.