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Star · M4V

SIMP J12184982-1332525

SIMP J12184982-1332525 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Corvus, 185.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCorvus
Distance185.9 light-years (57.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.82
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.04
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity9.55 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0368 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 18m 49.8s
Declination (J2000)−13° 32′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)73.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.82. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 76° N. South of latitude 76° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, 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 J12184982-1332525, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.61, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 60620 7.24 light-years
  • HIP 60665 12.3 light-years
  • HD 109271 13.6 light-years
  • HD 105779 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 61153 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 58894 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 58751 15.6 light-years
  • HIP 60981 16.5 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.