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Star · M1V

2MASS J02340093-6442068

2MASS J02340093-6442068 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Horologium, 157.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHorologium
Distance157.7 light-years (48.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.67
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.25
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,520 K
Luminosity2.38 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0131 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 34m 01.2s
Declination (J2000)−64° 42′ 07″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.67. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 25° N. South of latitude 25° 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 1868. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J02340093-6442068, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.25, 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):

  • HIP 13935 7.67 light-years
  • HIP 12726 9.98 light-years
  • ε Hyi 10.8 light-years
  • HIP 11919 11.4 light-years
  • λ Hor 12.5 light-years
  • ν Hor 13.7 light-years
  • HIP 11357 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 8983 16.0 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.