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Van Maanen's Star
Van Maanen's Star is a main-sequence star of spectral type ? in the constellation Pisces, 14.1 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | Gl 35 · HIP 3829 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Distance | 14.1 light-years (4.31 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.37 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 14.20 |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Surface temperature | 6,150 K |
| Luminosity | 1.84 × 10⁻⁴ L☉ |
| Radius | 0.0119 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.075 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 0h 49m 09.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +5° 23′ 44″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 270.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.37. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 85° S. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 2012. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 250 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Van Maanen's Star, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 3.00, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.