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Star · M1V

SDSS J144139.88+353809.5

SDSS J144139.88+353809.5 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Boötes, 315.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationBoötes
Distance315.3 light-years (96.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.67
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 16.74
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,410 K
Luminosity1.16 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0308 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 41m 39.9s
Declination (J2000)+35° 38′ 10″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)54.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.67. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 54° S. North of latitude 54° 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 1711. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J144139.88+353809.5, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.76, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Fornax. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 72440 8.30 light-years
  • HIP 70886 14.9 light-years
  • HIP 71657 15.5 light-years
  • HIP 71460 17.8 light-years
  • HIP 71418 18.3 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.