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Star · K9V

2MASS J22114470+6856262

2MASS J22114470+6856262 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K9V in the constellation Cepheus, 130.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCepheus
Distance130.5 light-years (40.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.50
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.49
Spectral typeK9V
Surface temperature3,800 K
Luminosity1.25 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.00813 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 11m 46.0s
Declination (J2000)+68° 56′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)98.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.50. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 21° S. North of latitude 21° 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 1895. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J22114470+6856262, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 108110 6.76 light-years
  • HIP 107457 7.97 light-years
  • HIP 113477 13.4 light-years
  • HIP 111494 13.8 light-years
  • HIP 109479 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 105992 14.3 light-years
  • 16 Cep 14.3 light-years
  • ι Cep 14.8 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.