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Star · K9V

SDSS J130148.19+584104.1

SDSS J130148.19+584104.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K9V in the constellation Ursa Major, 245.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance245.8 light-years (75.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.97
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.58
Spectral typeK9V
Surface temperature3,720 K
Luminosity3.24 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0137 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 01m 48.2s
Declination (J2000)+58° 41′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)63.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.97. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 31° S. North of latitude 31° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1780. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J130148.19+584104.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.22, 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 63091 7.94 light-years
  • 2MASS J13081228+6103486 10.8 light-years
  • HIP 61911 11.5 light-years
  • HIP 61886 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 65756 17.2 light-years
  • HIP 63625 17.3 light-years
  • HIP 65728 18.2 light-years
  • HIP 65057 18.3 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.