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Star · M4V

CWISE J045821.05+053244.5

CWISE J045821.05+053244.5 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Orion, 329.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance329.4 light-years (101.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.08
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.32 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0573 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 58m 21.0s
Declination (J2000)+5° 32′ 45″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.10. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° S. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1697. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around CWISE J045821.05+053244.5, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.85, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. 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.