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Star · M4V

WISEA J233816.47-732929.7

WISEA J233816.47-732929.7 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Tucana, 64.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTucana
Distance64.9 light-years (19.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 26.80
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 25.31
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.19 × 10⁻⁷ L☉
Radius0.0013 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 38m 14.5s
Declination (J2000)−73° 29′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)72.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 26.80. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 17° N. South of latitude 17° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1961. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WISEA J233816.47-732929.7, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.32, 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.