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Star · M3V

2MASS J09532126-1014205

2MASS J09532126-1014205 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3V in the constellation Sextans, 116.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSextans
Distance116.5 light-years (35.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.70
Spectral typeM3V
Surface temperature3,070 K
Luminosity4.03 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0224 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 53m 21.2s
Declination (J2000)−10° 14′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.47. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 80° N. South of latitude 80° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1909. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J09532126-1014205, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.60, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 48754 7.48 light-years
  • HIP 48953 9.42 light-years
  • λ Hya 12.2 light-years
  • HIP 49728 13.2 light-years
  • HIP 50267 13.6 light-years
  • TOI-620 15.2 light-years
  • TOI-6478 16.0 light-years
  • HIP 49350 16.4 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.