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Star · M4V

SIMP J11303803+2341480

SIMP J11303803+2341480 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo, 241.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance241.4 light-years (74.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.15
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.80
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.19 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.041 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 30m 38.0s
Declination (J2000)+23° 41′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)157.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.15. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 66° S. North of latitude 66° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1785. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around SIMP J11303803+2341480, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.18, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 55903 13.1 light-years
  • 92 Leo 14.2 light-years
  • HIP 56928 14.3 light-years
  • HIP 56860 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 55843 17.5 light-years
  • HIP 55808 17.6 light-years
  • HIP 55601 19.0 light-years
  • SDSS J113013.86+275049.1 19.4 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.