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Star · M4V

2MASS J04144158+2809583

2MASS J04144158+2809583 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Taurus, 221.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTaurus
Distance221.8 light-years (68.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.11
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.95
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.04 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0384 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 14m 41.5s
Declination (J2000)+28° 09′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)2.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.11. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 62° S. North of latitude 62° N 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 1804. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J04144158+2809583, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.99, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Scorpius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • 44 Tau 12.5 light-years
  • HIP 20415 12.6 light-years
  • HIP 19365 13.6 light-years
  • HIP 19835 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 20904 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 20626 17.8 light-years
  • HIP 21105 19.0 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.