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Star · M4V

ULAS J014443.27+014741.0

ULAS J014443.27+014741.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Cetus, 163.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCetus
Distance163.1 light-years (50.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 25.44
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.95
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.62 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00609 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 44m 43.3s
Declination (J2000)+1° 47′ 43″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)57.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 25.44. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 88° S. 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 1863. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J014443.27+014741.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.32, 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):

  • Alrescha 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 6679 14.0 light-years
  • HD 12484 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 9576 14.8 light-years
  • HIP 8958 15.0 light-years
  • HIP 9742 16.3 light-years
  • HIP 6833 17.0 light-years
  • HIP 6407 18.9 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.