What it’s like to stand here
AU Mic c
weight
1.86 g
sun
7.2× wider
sky
deep orange

Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.

Sub-Neptune

AU Mic c

Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.

AU Mic
host star
2.79 R⊕
radius
14.46 M⊕
mass · measured
19 days
orbital period
152°C (305°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.86 g
your weight (measured mass)
19 days
one year, in Earth time
7.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
deep orange
midday sky tint
0.5×
how high you could jump vs Earth
likely
likely tidally locked: probably eternal day on one side, night on the other
How long to get there · 31.7 ly away
Jet airliner
38.0 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
49,454 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
32 years
arrives elderly
Warp 10
12 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthAU Mic c is 2.8× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
AU Mic
M1 V · 4 planets
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Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 8.8
ConstellationMicroscopium
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from AU Mic c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.