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Star · K8V

2MASSW J0326137+295015

2MASSW J0326137+295015 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8V in the constellation Aries, 131.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAries
Distance131.2 light-years (40.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.34
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.32
Spectral typeK8V
Surface temperature3,920 K
Luminosity1.27 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.00774 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 26m 13.7s
Declination (J2000)+29° 50′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)13.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.34. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 60° S. North of latitude 60° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, 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 2MASSW J0326137+295015, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.85, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Libra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 15266 8.74 light-years
  • HIP 15609 9.52 light-years
  • HIP 14976 9.75 light-years
  • GJ 9119A 10.9 light-years
  • GJ 9119B 11.1 light-years
  • HIP 15300 11.9 light-years
  • HIP 16709 12.2 light-years
  • HIP 14594 12.9 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.