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Star · M3V

2MASS J15230657-2347526

2MASS J15230657-2347526 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3V in the constellation Libra, 109.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLibra
Distance109.9 light-years (33.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.68
Spectral typeM3V
Surface temperature3,160 K
Luminosity3.31 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0192 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 23m 06.4s
Declination (J2000)−23° 47′ 53″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.32. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 66° N. South of latitude 66° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1916. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J15230657-2347526, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.47, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aries. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 75062 9.29 light-years
  • HIP 74815 9.60 light-years
  • GJ 3908 11.6 light-years
  • HIP 73754 12.7 light-years
  • GJ 3887 13.0 light-years
  • HIP 73850 16.0 light-years
  • HIP 76550 16.4 light-years
  • HD 141937 16.7 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.