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Star · M4V

UGCS J053022.52-052447.4

UGCS J053022.52-052447.4 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Orion, 123.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance123.9 light-years (38.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 25.83
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.93
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.06 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00387 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 30m 22.4s
Declination (J2000)−5° 24′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 25.83. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 85° N. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1902. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around UGCS J053022.52-052447.4, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.73, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 26058 8.21 light-years
  • HIP 24162 12.2 light-years
  • HIP 27058 12.4 light-years
  • HIP 26624 13.7 light-years
  • HIP 25840 14.4 light-years
  • TOI-544 14.8 light-years
  • HIP 25905 15.3 light-years
  • Gl 223.1 15.6 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.