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Star · M0V

SDSS J134228.41-002705.7

SDSS J134228.41-002705.7 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Virgo, 186.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance186.2 light-years (57.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.56
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.78
Spectral typeM0V
Surface temperature3,640 K
Luminosity3.04 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0139 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 42m 28.3s
Declination (J2000)−0° 27′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)104.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.56. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. 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 1840. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J134228.41-002705.7, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.61, 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 67152 8.65 light-years
  • HIP 66637 12.8 light-years
  • 78 Vir 19.3 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.