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Star · M4.5

2MASS J16262785-2625152

2MASS J16262785-2625152 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4.5 in the constellation Scorpius, 474.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationScorpius
Distance474.3 light-years (145.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.90
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 10.09
Spectral typeM4.5
Surface temperature3,250 K
Luminosity0.0733 L☉
Radius0.852 R☉
Mass0.52 M☉
Age0.0 billion years
Right ascension (J2000)16h 26m 27.9s
Declination (J2000)−26° 25′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.90. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 64° N. South of latitude 64° 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 1552. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J16262785-2625152, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.64, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Taurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.