Star · M4V
WISEA J045900.42-285338.3
WISEA J045900.42-285338.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Caelum, 107.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Caelum |
|---|---|
| Distance | 107.6 light-years (33.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 22.93 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 20.34 |
| Spectral type | M4V |
| Surface temperature | 2,980 K |
| Luminosity | 1.15 × 10⁻⁵ L☉ |
| Radius | 0.0128 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.075 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 4h 59m 00.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | −28° 53′ 39″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 27.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.93. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 61° N. South of latitude 61° 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 1918. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around WISEA J045900.42-285338.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.42, 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):
- WISE J044633.45-242956.8 9.76 light-years
- HIP 24886 10.0 light-years
- HD 29985 12.7 light-years
- HIP 21733 13.1 light-years
- ο Col 13.5 light-years
- TOI-431 14.7 light-years
- HIP 25559 14.8 light-years
- HIP 24392 14.9 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.