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Star · K7V

SDSS J082115.06+333651.2

SDSS J082115.06+333651.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K7V in the constellation Lynx, 326.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLynx
Distance326.4 light-years (100.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.37
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 16.37
Spectral typeK7V
Surface temperature4,150 K
Luminosity5.95 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0149 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 21m 15.1s
Declination (J2000)+33° 36′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.37. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 56° S. North of latitude 56° 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 1700. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J082115.06+333651.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.83, 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.