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Star · M4V

SDSS J113725.84+391752.9

SDSS J113725.84+391752.9 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 277.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance277.2 light-years (85.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.83
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.18
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.10 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0546 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 37m 25.8s
Declination (J2000)+39° 17′ 53″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.83. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 51° S. North of latitude 51° 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 1749. 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 J113725.84+391752.9, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.48, 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):

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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.