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Star · M4V

SIMP J16133450-0747057

SIMP J16133450-0747057 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ophiuchus, 169.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOphiuchus
Distance169.6 light-years (52.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.19
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.61
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity5.65 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0283 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 13m 34.5s
Declination (J2000)−7° 47′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)102.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.19. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 82° N. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1856. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SIMP J16133450-0747057, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.41, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Taurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 79749 11.5 light-years
  • HIP 80719 11.8 light-years
  • Yed Prior 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 80831 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 78513 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 80878 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 79585 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 80058 17.9 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.