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Star · M0V

SDSS J154628.38+253634.3

SDSS J154628.38+253634.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0V in the constellation Serpens, 182.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSerpens
Distance182.8 light-years (56.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.96
Spectral typeM0V
Surface temperature3,660 K
Luminosity2.50 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0125 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 46m 28.0s
Declination (J2000)+25° 36′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)219.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.70. 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 1843. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J154628.38+253634.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.57, 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 77459 9.11 light-years
  • HIP 76374 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 76189 13.2 light-years
  • HIP 76911 13.4 light-years
  • HIP 77129 13.6 light-years
  • HIP 76061 15.5 light-years
  • δ CrB 15.7 light-years
  • π Ser 16.5 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.