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Star · M4V

SDSS J172545.59+640501.2

SDSS J172545.59+640501.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Draco, 300.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance300.1 light-years (92.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.90
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.08
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity9.20 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0361 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 25m 45.5s
Declination (J2000)+64° 05′ 01″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)154.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.90. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 26° S. North of latitude 26° 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 1726. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J172545.59+640501.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.65, 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.