GJ 179 is 40.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M3.5 V star; the first was found in 2009 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).
Fly there in 3DGJ 179 b takes 6.3 years to go round its star once.
| Spectral type | M3.5 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,370 K |
| Mass | 0.357 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.38 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.016 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.963 |
| Distance from the Sun | 40.3 light-years (12.4 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 73.0245°, Dec 6.4752° |
| Constellation | Orion |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GJ 179 b | 6.3 years | 2.410 AU | 13.8 R⊕ estimated | 301.94 M⊕ | Radial Velocity, 2009 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 3,370 K, 0.016 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.13 to 0.26 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 40 years ago, within living memory.