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Star · M2V

SDSS J111320.60+551121.9

SDSS J111320.60+551121.9 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M2V in the constellation Ursa Major, 226.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance226.2 light-years (69.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.49
Spectral typeM2V
Surface temperature3,330 K
Luminosity6.77 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0247 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 13m 20.8s
Declination (J2000)+55° 11′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)44.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.70. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 35° S. North of latitude 35° 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 1800. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J111320.60+551121.9, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.04, 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 56083 10.9 light-years
  • HIP 55418 14.3 light-years
  • HIP 55142 15.6 light-years
  • HIP 56628 19.0 light-years
  • HIP 56658 19.1 light-years
  • HIP 57477 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.