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Star · M4V

2MASS J09175418+6028065

2MASS J09175418+6028065 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 140.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance140.2 light-years (43.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.66
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 19.49
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.51 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0188 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 17m 54.2s
Declination (J2000)+60° 28′ 07″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.66. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 30° S. North of latitude 30° N 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 1886. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J09175418+6028065, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.00, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pavo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 45863 6.02 light-years
  • HIP 43841 6.86 light-years
  • HIP 46566 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 42919 16.9 light-years
  • GJ 3547 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 47387 17.0 light-years
  • HIP 44638 17.6 light-years
  • HIP 42575 17.9 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.