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Star · M4V

2MASSW J0129122+351758

2MASSW J0129122+351758 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Andromeda, 127.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance127.2 light-years (39.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 19.32
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.93 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0204 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 29m 12.3s
Declination (J2000)+35° 17′ 58″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.28. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 55° S. North of latitude 55° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1899. 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 2MASSW J0129122+351758, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.79, 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):

  • HD 8673 3.44 light-years
  • HIP 6890 9.13 light-years
  • HIP 6776 10.2 light-years
  • GJ 3087B 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 5313 14.2 light-years
  • μ And 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 6978 17.2 light-years
  • GJ 3086A 17.2 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.