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Star · M4V

SDSS J103321.92+400549.5

SDSS J103321.92+400549.5 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 156.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance156.6 light-years (48.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.14
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.73
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity5.04 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0267 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 33m 21.9s
Declination (J2000)+40° 05′ 50″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)61.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.14. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 50° S. North of latitude 50° 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 1869. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J103321.92+400549.5, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.24, 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):

  • β LMi 9.99 light-years
  • 38 LMi 10.7 light-years
  • 35 LMi 11.6 light-years
  • SDSS J101742.51+431057.9 11.9 light-years
  • HIP 53523 14.3 light-years
  • HIP 49586 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 51312 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 53756 15.9 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.