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Star · M1V

SDSS J145502.93+261919.6

SDSS J145502.93+261919.6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Boötes, 113.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationBoötes
Distance113.0 light-years (34.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.51
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.81
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,530 K
Luminosity1.40 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.01 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 55m 03.1s
Declination (J2000)+26° 19′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)69.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.51. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 64° S. North of latitude 64° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1913. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J145502.93+261919.6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.53, 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):

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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.