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Star · M4V

2MASS J10430758+2225236

2MASS J10430758+2225236 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo, 62.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance62.3 light-years (19.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 20.06
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.48 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0145 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 43m 07.6s
Declination (J2000)+22° 25′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)11.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.47. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 68° S. North of latitude 68° N 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 1964. 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 J10430758+2225236, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.24, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. 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.