Gliese 445

Gliese 445 (Gl 445 or AC +79 3888) is an M-type main sequence star in the northern part of the constellation Camelopardalis.

It is visible all night long from locations north of the Tropic of Cancer, but not to the naked eye.

[10] Because the star is a red dwarf with a mass only a quarter to a third of that of the Sun, scientists question the ability of this system to support life.

[12] While the Voyager probe moves through space towards a 1.6-light-year minimum distance from Gliese 445, the star is rapidly approaching the Sun.

At the time the probe passes Gliese 445, the star will be about 1.059 parsecs (3.45 light-years) from the Sun,[13] but with less than half the brightness necessary to be seen with the naked eye.

Distances of the nearest stars from 20,000 years ago until 80,000 years in the future