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Star · M1V

SDSS J145836.57+274127.3

SDSS J145836.57+274127.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Boötes, 203.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationBoötes
Distance203.9 light-years (62.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.30
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.32
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,440 K
Luminosity6.47 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0227 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 58m 36.6s
Declination (J2000)+27° 41′ 25″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)60.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.30. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 62° S. North of latitude 62° 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 1822. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J145836.57+274127.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.81, 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 73224 9.89 light-years
  • HIP 72236 10.4 light-years
  • HIP 74286 11.9 light-years
  • HIP 74341 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 73285 18.7 light-years
  • HIP 71843 20.0 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.