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Star · M4V

SDSS J204749.61-071818.3

SDSS J204749.61-071818.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Aquarius, 97.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance97.8 light-years (30.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.45
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.06
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.35 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00577 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 47m 49.6s
Declination (J2000)−7° 18′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)34.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.45. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 83° N. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1928. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J204749.61-071818.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.22, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cancer. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 102203 4.13 light-years
  • HIP 102115 4.60 light-years
  • GJ 9721B 10.8 light-years
  • GJ 9721A 10.8 light-years
  • HIP 103581 11.0 light-years
  • HIP 103150 11.3 light-years
  • 11 Aqr 11.7 light-years
  • HIP 101022 14.7 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.