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Star · M4V

SDSS J131113.82+240105.0

SDSS J131113.82+240105.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Coma Berenices, 179.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationComa Berenices
Distance179.4 light-years (55.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.69
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.99
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.00 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0377 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 11m 13.9s
Declination (J2000)+24° 01′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)40.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.69. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 66° S. North of latitude 66° 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 1847. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J131113.82+240105.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.53, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 64182 5.89 light-years
  • SDSS J131545.55+245407.3 7.82 light-years
  • HIP 65268 11.9 light-years
  • HIP 63075 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 64836 14.5 light-years
  • HIP 64848 14.5 light-years
  • HIP 62857 16.9 light-years
  • HIP 66127 17.0 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.