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Star · M4V

WISEA J122221.95-213948.6

WISEA J122221.95-213948.6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Corvus, 91.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCorvus
Distance91.3 light-years (28.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.59
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 19.35
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.85 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0201 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 22m 22.2s
Declination (J2000)−21° 39′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)47.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.59. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 68° N. South of latitude 68° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1935. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WISEA J122221.95-213948.6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.07, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 60207 5.43 light-years
  • HIP 59707 7.27 light-years
  • HIP 60853 8.15 light-years
  • Algorab 10.1 light-years
  • HD 103949 10.5 light-years
  • GJ 3735 12.9 light-years
  • HIP 58293 13.4 light-years
  • Gl 468 14.8 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.