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Star · M4V

SDSS J090847.02+523230.7

SDSS J090847.02+523230.7 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 456.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance456.6 light-years (140.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.83
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 16.10
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity5.71 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0899 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 08m 47.0s
Declination (J2000)+52° 32′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)46.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.83. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 37° S. North of latitude 37° 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 1569. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J090847.02+523230.7, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.56, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Indus. 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.