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Star · K9V

SDSS J111142.61+461809.1

SDSS J111142.61+461809.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K9V in the constellation Ursa Major, 277.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance277.6 light-years (85.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.59
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 16.94
Spectral typeK9V
Surface temperature3,830 K
Luminosity5.00 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.016 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 11m 42.4s
Declination (J2000)+46° 18′ 10″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)56.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.59. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° 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 1748. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J111142.61+461809.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.48, 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):

  • HIP 54053 13.8 light-years
  • HIP 54947 14.9 light-years
  • HIP 54768 17.0 light-years
  • TOI-5704 17.2 light-years
  • HIP 55944 17.7 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.