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Star · M4V

SDSS J104319.44+071232.4

SDSS J104319.44+071232.4 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo, 267.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance267.5 light-years (82.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.63
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.06
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.35 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0577 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 43m 19.5s
Declination (J2000)+7° 12′ 32″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.63. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 83° S. 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 1759. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J104319.44+071232.4, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.40, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • SIMP J10441549+0620138 4.21 light-years
  • 48 Leo 11.2 light-years
  • HIP 52187 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 52164 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 51396 16.1 light-years
  • HIP 51555 17.2 light-years
  • HIP 53212 18.6 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.