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Star · M4V

SDSS J085359.10+223335.8

SDSS J085359.10+223335.8 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Cancer, 199.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCancer
Distance199.0 light-years (61.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.80
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.87
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.11 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0397 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 53m 59.2s
Declination (J2000)+22° 33′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)53.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.80. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1827. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J085359.10+223335.8, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.76, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Capricornus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 43727 7.06 light-years
  • HIP 44208 10.1 light-years
  • HIP 44768 11.1 light-years
  • HIP 43004 16.7 light-years
  • HIP 44100 17.4 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.