Star · M2V
SIPS J0614-2019
SIPS J0614-2019 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M2V in the constellation Canis Major, 100.5 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Canis Major |
|---|---|
| Distance | 100.5 light-years (30.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 21.52 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 19.08 |
| Spectral type | M2V |
| Surface temperature | 3,300 K |
| Luminosity | 1.67 × 10⁻⁵ L☉ |
| Radius | 0.0125 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.075 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 6h 14m 12.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −20° 19′ 23″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 49.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.52. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 70° N. South of latitude 70° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1925. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around SIPS J0614-2019, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.27, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 30225 8.08 light-years
- HIP 30344 9.23 light-years
- WISEA J055047.86-195051.4 9.91 light-years
- 2MASS J06050196-2342270 10.5 light-years
- GJ 9212B 11.7 light-years
- GJ 9212A 11.7 light-years
- HIP 29958 12.8 light-years
- GJ 2049 13.5 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.