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Star · M0V

SDSS J080054.27+241316.8

SDSS J080054.27+241316.8 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Cancer, 368.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCancer
Distance368.2 light-years (112.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.41
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 16.15
Spectral typeM0V
Surface temperature3,620 K
Luminosity1.41 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0302 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 00m 54.3s
Declination (J2000)+24° 13′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)56.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.41. 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 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 1658. 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 J080054.27+241316.8, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.09, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. 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.