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Star · M4V

PSO J183.4547+40.7901

PSO J183.4547+40.7901 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Canes Venatici, 120.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanes Venatici
Distance120.7 light-years (37.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.53
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.69
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.31 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00685 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 13m 49.3s
Declination (J2000)+40° 47′ 25″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)28.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.53. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 49° S. North of latitude 49° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1905. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around PSO J183.4547+40.7901, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.67, 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):

  • HIP 59776 9.20 light-years
  • HIP 60614 11.2 light-years
  • HIP 59904 12.9 light-years
  • GJ 9403 12.9 light-years
  • 67 UMa 13.5 light-years
  • HIP 59772 14.9 light-years
  • HIP 57346 16.1 light-years
  • HIP 56837 16.2 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.