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Star · M1V

SDSS J105339.22+642351.5

SDSS J105339.22+642351.5 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Ursa Major, 332.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance332.7 light-years (102.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.50
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.46
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,380 K
Luminosity6.35 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0232 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 53m 39.1s
Declination (J2000)+64° 23′ 51″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)50.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.50. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 26° S. North of latitude 26° 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 1693. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J105339.22+642351.5, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.87, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.