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Star · M4V

SDSS J003609.26+241343.3

SDSS J003609.26+241343.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Andromeda, 153.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance153.3 light-years (47.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.53
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 19.17
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.37 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0219 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)0h 36m 09.3s
Declination (J2000)+24° 13′ 43″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)7.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.53. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 66° S. North of latitude 66° N it never sets. 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 1873. 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 SDSS J003609.26+241343.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.19, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Corvus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • GJ 3048 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 3855 13.8 light-years
  • HIP 3280 17.0 light-years
  • HIP 3232 17.1 light-years
  • 36 And 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 2102 17.6 light-years
  • HIP 2824 18.2 light-years
  • HIP 1334 18.4 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.