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Star · M4V

2MASS J21395208+2148397

2MASS J21395208+2148397 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Pegasus, 111.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance111.9 light-years (34.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.38
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.70
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity5.18 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0271 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 39m 52.1s
Declination (J2000)+21° 48′ 40″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.38. 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 August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1914. 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 J21395208+2148397, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.51, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • κ Peg 7.78 light-years
  • HIP 107393 10.8 light-years
  • HIP 108947 12.3 light-years
  • 13 Peg 12.4 light-years
  • HIP 105918 13.0 light-years
  • HIP 109461 14.2 light-years
  • HIP 104659 15.1 light-years
  • GJ 4181 15.6 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.