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Star · M4V

WISEPC J101808.05-244557.7

WISEPC J101808.05-244557.7 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Hydra, 39.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHydra
Distance39.1 light-years (12.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 25.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 24.92
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.68 × 10⁻⁷ L☉
Radius0.00154 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 18m 08.0s
Declination (J2000)−24° 45′ 49″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)46.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 25.32. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 65° N. South of latitude 65° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1987. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 694 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WISEPC J101808.05-244557.7, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.23, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. 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.