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Star · M4V

SDSS J002138.86+002605.8

SDSS J002138.86+002605.8 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Pisces, 368.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPisces
Distance368.6 light-years (113.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.45
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.18
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.10 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0545 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)0h 21m 38.9s
Declination (J2000)+0° 26′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)77.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.45. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1657. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J002138.86+002605.8, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.10, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.