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Star · M4V

2MASS J13023811+5650212

2MASS J13023811+5650212 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 202.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance202.2 light-years (62.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.86
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.90
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.09 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0393 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 02m 38.1s
Declination (J2000)+56° 50′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)56.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.86. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 33° S. North of latitude 33° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1824. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 2MASS J13023811+5650212, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.79, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Phoenix. It would be invisible 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.