Star · M4V
SDSS J095041.44+480904.4
SDSS J095041.44+480904.4 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 244.6 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
|---|---|
| Distance | 244.6 light-years (75.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 22.81 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 18.43 |
| Spectral type | M4V |
| Surface temperature | 2,980 K |
| Luminosity | 6.64 × 10⁻⁵ L☉ |
| Radius | 0.0307 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.075 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 50m 41.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +48° 09′ 05″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 109.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.81. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° 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 J095041.44+480904.4, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Grus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- TIC 88692598 5.32 light-years
- SDSS J095415.73+500140.3 10.5 light-years
- HIP 48270 11.1 light-years
- HIP 47899 15.6 light-years
- HIP 48804 15.7 light-years
- HIP 47725 16.9 light-years
- HIP 47123 17.1 light-years
- HIP 48773 17.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.