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Star · M1V

SDSS J080549.90+511312.6

SDSS J080549.90+511312.6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Lynx, 134.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLynx
Distance134.7 light-years (41.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.64
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.56
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,420 K
Luminosity2.12 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0131 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 05m 49.8s
Declination (J2000)+51° 13′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)73.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.64. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 1891. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J080549.90+511312.6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.91, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Telescopium. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 40131 7.98 light-years
  • HIP 41844 9.87 light-years
  • HIP 41598 10.6 light-years
  • HIP 41810 11.8 light-years
  • HIP 40089 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 37283 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 37170 14.3 light-years
  • HIP 38104 14.6 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.