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Star · M4V

PSO J109.4864+46.5278

PSO J109.4864+46.5278 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Lynx, 130.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLynx
Distance130.5 light-years (40.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.54
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.53
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.84 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00737 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 17m 56.7s
Declination (J2000)+46° 31′ 41″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)8.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.54. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 43° S. North of latitude 43° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, 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 PSO J109.4864+46.5278, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Telescopium. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 37170 8.49 light-years
  • HIP 35643 10.1 light-years
  • HIP 32702 14.2 light-years
  • HIP 33580 14.2 light-years
  • LHS 1903 14.9 light-years
  • GJ 3445 17.8 light-years
  • HIP 37283 18.9 light-years
  • HIP 38104 19.0 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.