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Star · M4V

2MASS J09512690-8023553

2MASS J09512690-8023553 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Chamaeleon, 192.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationChamaeleon
Distance192.4 light-years (59.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.60
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.75
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity4.99 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0266 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 51m 26.8s
Declination (J2000)−80° 23′ 55″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.60. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 10° N. South of latitude 10° S it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1834. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J09512690-8023553, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.68, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cepheus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • ι Cha 5.64 light-years
  • HD 80913 10.3 light-years
  • ν Cha 12.4 light-years
  • HIP 42539 16.1 light-years
  • HIP 47135 17.0 light-years
  • HIP 43845 17.5 light-years
  • HIP 57137 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 52461 19.2 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.