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Star · M0V

2MASS J21481326-6323265

2MASS J21481326-6323265 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Indus, 196.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationIndus
Distance196.2 light-years (60.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.76
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.86
Spectral typeM0V
Surface temperature3,530 K
Luminosity3.34 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0154 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 48m 13.2s
Declination (J2000)−63° 23′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.76. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 27° N. South of latitude 27° S 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 1830. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J21481326-6323265, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.73, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 109203 15.4 light-years
  • HIP 109228 17.6 light-years
  • TOI-122 19.6 light-years
  • HIP 109183 19.7 light-years
  • α Tuc 20.0 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.