Gar
GJ 486 · HIP 62452
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 11.39 mag
- Parallax
- 119.47 mas → about 27.3 light-years away
- Spectral type
- M4
- Surface temperature
- 3,317 K
- Right ascension
- 191.9884°
- Declination
- 9.7525°
- Designation
- GJ 486
- HIP number
- 62452
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Basque
- Name origin (IAU)
- “Gar” means flame in the Basque language.
Source:ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 27 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1999 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 11.4 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination 9.8° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.