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Star · M1V

SDSS J075246.31+382429.0

SDSS J075246.31+382429.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Lynx, 284.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLynx
Distance284.4 light-years (87.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.04
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.34
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,430 K
Luminosity6.45 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0227 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)7h 52m 46.2s
Declination (J2000)+38° 24′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)47.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.04. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 52° S. North of latitude 52° 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 1742. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J075246.31+382429.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.53, 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 38681 6.73 light-years
  • HIP 37869 13.6 light-years
  • HIP 40026 19.4 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.