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Star · M4V

ULAS J020529.62+142114.0

ULAS J020529.62+142114.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Aries, 159.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAries
Distance159.8 light-years (49.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 25.49
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.04
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.40 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00583 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 05m 29.7s
Declination (J2000)+14° 21′ 14″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 25.49. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° N it never sets. 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 1866. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J020529.62+142114.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.28, 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 9607 7.00 light-years
  • SDSS J015354.23+140452.9 7.91 light-years
  • HIP 9764 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 8726 13.4 light-years
  • HIP 9599 13.5 light-years
  • HIP 8426 15.7 light-years
  • HIP 8489 16.9 light-years
  • Mesarthim 17.4 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.