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Star · M4V

WISEA J082000.48-662211.9

WISEA J082000.48-662211.9 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Volans, 58.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVolans
Distance58.4 light-years (17.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 20.44
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.05 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0122 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 20m 00.7s
Declination (J2000)−66° 22′ 15″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)30.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.70. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 24° N. South of latitude 24° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1968. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WISEA J082000.48-662211.9, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.09, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be visible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 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.