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Star · M4V

SIMP J09455513-0757441

SIMP J09455513-0757441 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Sextans, 185.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSextans
Distance185.9 light-years (57.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.67
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.89
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.10 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0394 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 45m 55.1s
Declination (J2000)−7° 57′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.67. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 82° N. 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 1840. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SIMP J09455513-0757441, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.61, 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 47050 11.4 light-years
  • HIP 47040 11.6 light-years
  • HIP 47990 13.8 light-years
  • Alphard 15.7 light-years
  • HIP 46744 17.2 light-years
  • HIP 46543 18.2 light-years
  • HIP 46203 19.9 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.