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Star · M4V

ULAS J013117.53-003128.6

ULAS J013117.53-003128.6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Cetus, 244.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCetus
Distance244.6 light-years (75.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 26.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.72
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.21 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00674 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 31m 17.4s
Declination (J2000)−0° 31′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)71.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 26.10. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 89° N. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1781. 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 ULAS J013117.53-003128.6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 6605 12.4 light-years
  • HIP 7549 17.1 light-years
  • HIP 7736 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 7929 17.7 light-years
  • 39 Cet 17.8 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.