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Star · M3V

2MASS J01062285-5933185

2MASS J01062285-5933185 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3V in the constellation Tucana, 118.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTucana
Distance118.5 light-years (36.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.64
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.84
Spectral typeM3V
Surface temperature3,140 K
Luminosity2.97 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0184 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 06m 23.0s
Declination (J2000)−59° 33′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)34.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.64. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 30° N. South of latitude 30° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1908. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J01062285-5933185, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.63, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.