Star · M4V
SDSS J104842.70+300650.5
SDSS J104842.70+300650.5 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo Minor, 179.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
|---|---|
| Distance | 179.4 light-years (55.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 21.40 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 17.70 |
| Spectral type | M4V |
| Surface temperature | 2,980 K |
| Luminosity | 1.31 × 10⁻⁴ L☉ |
| Radius | 0.0431 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.075 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 48m 42.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +30° 06′ 50″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 35.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.40. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 60° S. North of latitude 60° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1847. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around SDSS J104842.70+300650.5, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.53, 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):
- SDSS J105814.54+303159.8 9.76 light-years
- TOI-1806 10.8 light-years
- HIP 51999 11.8 light-years
- HIP 53324 12.2 light-years
- HIP 51487 12.8 light-years
- HIP 54056 13.2 light-years
- HIP 53452 16.4 light-years
- HIP 54619 16.5 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.