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Star · M4V

CFBDS J193430.36-214221.0

CFBDS J193430.36-214221.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Sagittarius, 117.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance117.4 light-years (36.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.27
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.49
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.99 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00752 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 34m 30.2s
Declination (J2000)−21° 42′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.27. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 68° N. South of latitude 68° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1909. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around CFBDS J193430.36-214221.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.61, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Gemini. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 96635 9.20 light-years
  • HIP 98413 12.8 light-years
  • GJ 9666 13.5 light-years
  • HIP 96370 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 97405 16.7 light-years
  • ρ¹ Sgr 16.8 light-years
  • HIP 98589 17.0 light-years
  • τ Sgr 17.7 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.