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Star · M4V

SDSS J123517.23+315815.6

SDSS J123517.23+315815.6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Canes Venatici, 456.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCanes Venatici
Distance456.6 light-years (140.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.00
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 16.27
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity4.88 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0831 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 35m 17.3s
Declination (J2000)+31° 58′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)55.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.00. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° 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 1569. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J123517.23+315815.6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.56, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sculptor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.