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Star · M1V

SDSS J163355.23+010027.0

SDSS J163355.23+010027.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Ophiuchus, 239.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOphiuchus
Distance239.4 light-years (73.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.62
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.29
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,440 K
Luminosity6.65 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.023 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 33m 55.3s
Declination (J2000)+1° 00′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.62. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 89° S. 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 1787. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J163355.23+010027.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.16, 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):

  • Rosalíadecastro 4.64 light-years
  • HIP 80163 12.9 light-years
  • HIP 80195 15.4 light-years
  • HIP 80502 15.7 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.