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Star · M4V

2MASS J05103520-4208140

2MASS J05103520-4208140 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Columba, 60.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationColumba
Distance60.7 light-years (18.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 23.72
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.37
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.77 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.005 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 10m 35.3s
Declination (J2000)−42° 08′ 15″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)52.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 23.72. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 48° N. South of latitude 48° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1965. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J05103520-4208140, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.18, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be visible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 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.