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Star · M4V

2MASS J10271549+5445175

2MASS J10271549+5445175 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 130.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance130.1 light-years (39.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.65
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.65
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity5.47 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0278 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 27m 15.5s
Declination (J2000)+54° 45′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.65. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 35° S. North of latitude 35° 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 1896. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J10271549+5445175, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.83, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Grus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 50180 6.67 light-years
  • HIP 49130 13.7 light-years
  • HIP 51700 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 54040 15.0 light-years
  • HIP 54233 16.9 light-years
  • Gl 421.1B 17.1 light-years
  • Gl 421.1A 17.1 light-years
  • HIP 50546 18.0 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.