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Star · M4V

2MASS J01531463-6744181

2MASS J01531463-6744181 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Hydrus, 137.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHydrus
Distance137.0 light-years (42.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.91
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.79
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity4.77 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.026 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 53m 14.6s
Declination (J2000)−67° 44′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.91. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 22° N. South of latitude 22° 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 1889. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J01531463-6744181, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.95, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • δ Hyi 7.45 light-years
  • HIP 5114 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 10842 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 10938 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 6483 15.5 light-years
  • ρ Tuc 17.6 light-years
  • HIP 10874 18.2 light-years
  • HIP 3961 18.5 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.