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Star · K8V

2MASS J23253519+4608098

2MASS J23253519+4608098 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8V in the constellation Andromeda, 169.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance169.1 light-years (51.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.52
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.95
Spectral typeK8V
Surface temperature3,880 K
Luminosity1.87 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.00957 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 25m 35.1s
Declination (J2000)+46° 08′ 09″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)17.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.52. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1857. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J23253519+4608098, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.40, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 116222 7.69 light-years
  • κ And 9.39 light-years
  • HD 222155 11.2 light-years
  • HIP 115162 12.0 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.