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Star · M1V

2MASS J01415823-4633574

2MASS J01415823-4633574 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Phoenix, 119.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPhoenix
Distance119.8 light-years (36.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.57
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.74
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,430 K
Luminosity1.78 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.012 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 41m 58.4s
Declination (J2000)−46° 33′ 58″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.57. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 43° N. South of latitude 43° 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 1906. 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 J01415823-4633574, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.66, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canes Venatici. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • Gl 65.2 5.33 light-years
  • HIP 6693 6.91 light-years
  • HIP 7058 10.8 light-years
  • HIP 8195 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 7443 14.3 light-years
  • HIP 9381 14.7 light-years
  • HIP 7829 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 10421 15.8 light-years

Open in the simulation

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