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Star · M3V

SDSS J135439.54+504451.0

SDSS J135439.54+504451.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M3V in the constellation Ursa Major, 88.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance88.1 light-years (27.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.53
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 19.37
Spectral typeM3V
Surface temperature3,170 K
Luminosity1.71 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0137 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 54m 39.2s
Declination (J2000)+50° 44′ 51″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)74.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.53. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 1938. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J135439.54+504451.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.99, 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):

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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.