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Star · M4V

2MASSI J1546271-332511

2MASSI J1546271-332511 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Lupus, 37.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLupus
Distance37.1 light-years (11.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 23.13
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.85
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.13 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00401 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 46m 27.2s
Declination (J2000)−33° 25′ 11″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)12.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 23.13. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 57° N. South of latitude 57° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1989. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 657 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASSI J1546271-332511, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.11, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Perseus. 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.