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Star · M0V

SDSS J105110.69+314130.0

SDSS J105110.69+314130.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Leo Minor, 240.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo Minor
Distance240.9 light-years (73.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.84
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.50
Spectral typeM0V
Surface temperature3,670 K
Luminosity3.73 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0151 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 51m 10.7s
Declination (J2000)+31° 41′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)99.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.84. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° 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 1785. 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 J105110.69+314130.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.17, 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 53120 5.91 light-years
  • 46 UMa 8.64 light-years
  • HIP 52275 13.8 light-years
  • HIP 54001 19.0 light-years
  • HIP 54239 19.7 light-years
  • HIP 54480 19.9 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.