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Star · M1V

SDSS J152529.74+200407.9

SDSS J152529.74+200407.9 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Serpens, 221.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSerpens
Distance221.0 light-years (67.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.94
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.79
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,370 K
Luminosity4.77 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0202 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 25m 29.8s
Declination (J2000)+20° 04′ 08″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)111.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.94. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 70° S. North of latitude 70° 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 1805. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J152529.74+200407.9, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.98, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 74781 8.47 light-years
  • SDSS J151950.74+223737.1 11.1 light-years
  • HIP 75249 13.4 light-years
  • HIP 74478 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 76548 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 76198 18.7 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.