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Star · M1V

SDSS J093113.23+280227.1

SDSS J093113.23+280227.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Leo, 104.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance104.7 light-years (32.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.57
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 19.04
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,430 K
Luminosity1.34 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0103 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 31m 13.5s
Declination (J2000)+28° 02′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)98.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.57. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 62° S. North of latitude 62° 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 1921. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J093113.23+280227.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.36, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 48024 9.66 light-years
  • 75 Cnc 9.74 light-years
  • HIP 44920 10.6 light-years
  • HIP 47261 11.0 light-years
  • GJ 3540 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 46018 12.9 light-years
  • GJ 3580 13.6 light-years
  • HIP 48740 14.0 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.