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Star · M4V

SDSS J230134.21+144219.6

SDSS J230134.21+144219.6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Pegasus, 280.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPegasus
Distance280.5 light-years (86.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.03
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.43 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0586 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 01m 34.2s
Declination (J2000)+14° 42′ 19″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.70. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 75° S. North of latitude 75° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1746. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SDSS J230134.21+144219.6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.50, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Crater. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 113398 6.91 light-years
  • HIP 113311 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 114059 17.5 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.