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Star · M4V

2MASS J03511847-1149326

2MASS J03511847-1149326 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Eridanus, 195.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationEridanus
Distance195.7 light-years (60.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.85
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.96
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.03 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0382 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 51m 18.5s
Declination (J2000)−11° 49′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)10.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.85. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 78° N. South of latitude 78° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1830. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J03511847-1149326, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Serpens. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 18085 5.12 light-years
  • Zaurak 8.83 light-years
  • HIP 17478 16.3 light-years
  • HIP 16770 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 17275 18.9 light-years
  • HIP 16494 19.3 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.