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Star · M4V

2MASS J17545447+1649196

2MASS J17545447+1649196 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Hercules, 44.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHercules
Distance44.0 light-years (13.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 23.31
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.66
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.36 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00439 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 54m 54.2s
Declination (J2000)+16° 49′ 20″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)12.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 23.31. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 73° S. North of latitude 73° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1982. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 781 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J17545447+1649196, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.48, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lepus. 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.