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Star · M4V

SDSS J114804.26+025405.7

SDSS J114804.26+025405.7 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Virgo, 244.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance244.6 light-years (75.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.61
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.23
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.01 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0533 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 48m 04.3s
Declination (J2000)+2° 54′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)37.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.61. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 87° S. 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 1781. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J114804.26+025405.7, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 57975 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 56859 16.4 light-years
  • HIP 56209 17.8 light-years
  • HIP 58643 19.4 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.