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Star · M4V

CWISE J094925.88-102601.9

CWISE J094925.88-102601.9 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Sextans, 88.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSextans
Distance88.1 light-years (27.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.83
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.67
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.34 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00436 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 49m 26.1s
Declination (J2000)−10° 25′ 56″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)53.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.83. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 80° N. South of latitude 80° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1938. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around CWISE J094925.88-102601.9, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.99, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. 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.