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Star · M4V

SDSS J130250.94+564037.8

SDSS J130250.94+564037.8 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 267.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance267.5 light-years (82.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.64
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.07
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.33 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0575 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 02m 51.0s
Declination (J2000)+56° 40′ 38″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)86.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.64. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 33° S. North of latitude 33° 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 1759. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J130250.94+564037.8, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.40, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Phoenix. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 64127 7.86 light-years
  • HIP 64454 10.7 light-years
  • HIP 64451 10.7 light-years
  • HIP 64389 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 61837 16.2 light-years
  • HIP 62487 16.2 light-years
  • HIP 64500 16.8 light-years
  • HIP 63143 17.9 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.