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Star · M2V

SDSS J223550.14+122737.3

SDSS J223550.14+122737.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M2V in the constellation Pegasus, 222.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance222.8 light-years (68.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.66
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.49
Spectral typeM2V
Surface temperature3,290 K
Luminosity7.41 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0265 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 35m 50.1s
Declination (J2000)+12° 27′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)72.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.66. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1803. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J223550.14+122737.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.00, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • GJ 1269A 7.41 light-years
  • GJ 1269B 7.41 light-years
  • HIP 112082 9.23 light-years
  • HIP 112143 13.5 light-years
  • HIP 112008 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 111149 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 110660 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 111300 16.3 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.