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Star · M4V

ULAS J105134.32-015449.8

ULAS J105134.32-015449.8 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo, 123.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance123.9 light-years (38.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 25.25
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.35
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.80 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00505 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 51m 34.5s
Declination (J2000)−1° 54′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 25.25. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 88° N. It stands highest at midnight in March, 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 ULAS J105134.32-015449.8, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.73, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • 33 Sex 5.57 light-years
  • GJ 3630 6.83 light-years
  • HIP 53175 6.91 light-years
  • HIP 51784 12.0 light-years
  • HD 92788 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 53169 12.6 light-years
  • GJ 3605 15.0 light-years
  • HIP 52774 16.7 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.