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Star · M0V

SDSS J112647.03+581632.2

SDSS J112647.03+581632.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Ursa Major, 178.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance178.1 light-years (54.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.81
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.12
Spectral typeM0V
Surface temperature3,610 K
Luminosity2.31 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0123 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 26m 47.1s
Declination (J2000)+58° 16′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)91.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.81. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 32° S. North of latitude 32° 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 1848. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J112647.03+581632.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 58303 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 55840 17.3 light-years
  • HIP 56289 19.5 light-years
  • HIP 59176 19.8 light-years
  • HIP 59180 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.