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Star · M0V

SDSS J092308.93+182553.9

SDSS J092308.93+182553.9 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Leo, 244.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance244.7 light-years (75.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.79
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.41
Spectral typeM0V
Surface temperature3,540 K
Luminosity4.96 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0187 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 23m 08.9s
Declination (J2000)+18° 25′ 53″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)42.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.79. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 72° S. North of latitude 72° 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 1781. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J092308.93+182553.9, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.21, 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 46357 4.31 light-years
  • HIP 45886 8.52 light-years
  • HIP 45510 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 46501 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 45204 19.3 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.