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Star · M4V

ULAS J094349.60+094203.4

ULAS J094349.60+094203.4 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo, 260.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance260.9 light-years (80.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 26.34
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.82
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.93 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00644 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 43m 49.6s
Declination (J2000)+9° 42′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)50.0 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 26.34. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 80° S. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1765. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J094349.60+094203.4, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.35, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Capricornus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 47515 9.82 light-years
  • HIP 48836 17.2 light-years
  • 10 Leo 17.2 light-years
  • HIP 47012 17.6 light-years
  • 19 Leo 18.1 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.