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Star · M1V

SDSS J171714.10+652622.2

SDSS J171714.10+652622.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M1V in the constellation Draco, 71.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance71.3 light-years (21.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.79
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 20.09
Spectral typeM1V
Surface temperature3,460 K
Luminosity4.85 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00613 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 17m 14.5s
Declination (J2000)+65° 26′ 20″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.79. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 25° S. North of latitude 25° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1955. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J171714.10+652622.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.53, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Dorado. 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.