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Star · M4V

SDSS J143055.90+001352.1

SDSS J143055.90+001352.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Virgo, 267.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance267.5 light-years (82.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.79
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.22
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.03 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0536 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 30m 55.9s
Declination (J2000)+0° 13′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.79. 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 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 J143055.90+001352.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.40, 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 70845 7.45 light-years
  • HIP 71021 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 71673 16.9 light-years
  • υ Vir 17.8 light-years
  • SDSS J143904.71+020526.7 18.1 light-years
  • HIP 71785 19.8 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.