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Star · M4V

2MASS J01394906+3427226

2MASS J01394906+3427226 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Triangulum, 238.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTriangulum
Distance238.1 light-years (73.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.63
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.31
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity7.42 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0324 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 39m 49.1s
Declination (J2000)+34° 27′ 23″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)10.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.63. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 56° S. North of latitude 56° N 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 1788. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J01394906+3427226, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.15, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 7728 9.37 light-years
  • SIMP J01481626+3712421 16.4 light-years
  • HIP 7764 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 8122 19.1 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.