M-type star · red dwarf
GJ 887
3688 K
temperature
0.47 R☉
radius
0.49 M☉
mass
0.037 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 10.7 ly away
At light speed, about 11 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
0.47×
the Sun's width
0.49×
the Sun's mass
0.04×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →GJ 887 eRocky world · ESI 0.521.12 R⊕ · 4.4 days year
- Explore →GJ 887 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.581.80 R⊕ · 9.3 days year
- Explore →GJ 887 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.662.43 R⊕ · 22 days year
- Explore →GJ 887 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.762.34 R⊕ · 51 days year
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 7.6To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from GJ 887's temperature, not a photograph.