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Star · M1V

2MASS J13411160-3052505

2MASS J13411160-3052505 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Centaurus, 89.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCentaurus
Distance89.7 light-years (27.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.19
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.99
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,410 K
Luminosity1.47 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.011 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 41m 11.6s
Declination (J2000)−30° 52′ 53″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.19. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 59° N. South of latitude 59° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1936. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J13411160-3052505, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.03, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Triangulum. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 66993 7.54 light-years
  • HIP 64475 9.63 light-years
  • GJ 3806A 10.4 light-years
  • GJ 3807B 11.7 light-years
  • HD 114386 12.2 light-years
  • GJ 3791 13.6 light-years
  • HIP 68462 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 65602 14.2 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.