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Star · M1V

SDSS J074913.84+314340.0

SDSS J074913.84+314340.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Gemini, 178.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationGemini
Distance178.3 light-years (54.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.03
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.34
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,460 K
Luminosity2.45 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0138 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 49m 13.8s
Declination (J2000)+31° 43′ 39″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)30.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.03. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° 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 1848. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J074913.84+314340.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 39948 13.5 light-years
  • Jishui 14.4 light-years
  • φ Gem 16.0 light-years
  • HIP 40140 16.5 light-years
  • TOI-1718 16.7 light-years
  • 64 Gem 17.5 light-years
  • HIP 40472 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 36509 18.2 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.