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Star · M4V

SIMP J09213274-1534290

SIMP J09213274-1534290 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Hydra, 123.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHydra
Distance123.9 light-years (38.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.90
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 19.00
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.94 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0236 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 21m 32.8s
Declination (J2000)−15° 34′ 30″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.90. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 74° N. South of latitude 74° 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 1902. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SIMP J09213274-1534290, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.73, 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):

  • HIP 46324 5.20 light-years
  • HIP 44860 8.83 light-years
  • HIP 45876 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 44162 15.9 light-years
  • GJ 3535 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 46360 17.7 light-years
  • TOI-620 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 43299 18.7 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.