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Star · M4V

WISEA J062858.69+345249.2

WISEA J062858.69+345249.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Auriga, 122.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAuriga
Distance122.0 light-years (37.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.46
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.60
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity5.73 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0285 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 28m 58.7s
Declination (J2000)+34° 52′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)53.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.46. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 55° S. North of latitude 55° N 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 1904. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WISEA J062858.69+345249.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.69, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HD 42012 8.70 light-years
  • HIP 30944 9.39 light-years
  • GJ 1091 10.5 light-years
  • HIP 31143 11.8 light-years
  • HIP 32673 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 31568 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.