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Star · M4V

SDSS J005349.11-011354.4

SDSS J005349.11-011354.4 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Cetus, 596.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCetus
Distance596.9 light-years (183.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.99
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 16.68
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.35 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0689 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)0h 53m 49.1s
Declination (J2000)−1° 13′ 55″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)126.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.99. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 89° N. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1429. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J005349.11-011354.4, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.14, 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.