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Star · M4V

SDSS J112210.27+340432.5

SDSS J112210.27+340432.5 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 208.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance208.7 light-years (64.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.62
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.59
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.45 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0453 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 22m 10.3s
Declination (J2000)+34° 04′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.62. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 56° S. North of latitude 56° 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 1817. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J112210.27+340432.5, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.86, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sculptor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • TOI-1799 11.4 light-years
  • HIP 55281 11.5 light-years
  • 55 UMa 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 56054 16.7 light-years
  • HIP 55695 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 55015 18.9 light-years
  • HIP 55413 19.2 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.