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Star · M4V

PSO J013.7740+38.2804

PSO J013.7740+38.2804 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Andromeda, 150.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance150.0 light-years (46.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.62
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.31
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity4.72 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00817 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)0h 55m 05.4s
Declination (J2000)+38° 16′ 49″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)74.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.62. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 52° S. North of latitude 52° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1876. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around PSO J013.7740+38.2804, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.14, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 4127 11.3 light-years
  • GJ 3080 12.9 light-years
  • GJ 3089 13.2 light-years
  • HIP 3293 15.0 light-years
  • GJ 3086A 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 4144 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 5579 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 5313 18.6 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.