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Star · M4V

CFHT-IC 348-1

CFHT-IC 348-1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Perseus, 1,021 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance1,021 light-years (313.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.06
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 16.58
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.66 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.072 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 43m 22.5s
Declination (J2000)+32° 18′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)86.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.06. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° 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 1005. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 18 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around CFHT-IC 348-1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.