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Star · M4V

PSO J049.1124+17.0885

PSO J049.1124+17.0885 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Aries, 127.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAries
Distance127.2 light-years (39.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.46
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 19.50
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.48 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0187 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 16m 26.8s
Declination (J2000)+17° 05′ 20″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)46.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.46. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 73° S. North of latitude 73° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1899. 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 PSO J049.1124+17.0885, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.79, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Libra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 14614 6.21 light-years
  • HIP 15062 6.95 light-years
  • HIP 15724 8.57 light-years
  • GJ 3230A 11.1 light-years
  • GJ 3239A 11.3 light-years
  • GJ 3232 12.6 light-years
  • ρ³ Ari 12.9 light-years
  • HIP 16641 13.7 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.