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Star · M3V

2MASS J22425317+2542573

2MASS J22425317+2542573 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3V in the constellation Pegasus, 69.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance69.5 light-years (21.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.18
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 20.54
Spectral typeM3V
Surface temperature3,160 K
Luminosity5.92 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.0081 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 42m 53.7s
Declination (J2000)+25° 42′ 56″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)38.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.18. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 64° S. North of latitude 64° 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 1956. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J22425317+2542573, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.47, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. 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.