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Star · M4V

2MASSW J1155009+230706

2MASSW J1155009+230706 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo, 101.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance101.1 light-years (31.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.35
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.89
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity4.35 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0248 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 55m 00.9s
Declination (J2000)+23° 07′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)4.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.35. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1925. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASSW J1155009+230706, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.29, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible 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.