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Star · M4V

ULAS J105334.64+015719.7

ULAS J105334.64+015719.7 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo, 163.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance163.1 light-years (50.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 26.00
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.51
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.56 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00471 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 53m 34.8s
Declination (J2000)+1° 57′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)58.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 26.00. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 88° S. 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 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 J105334.64+015719.7, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.32, 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):

  • HIP 52610 6.84 light-years
  • HIP 52574 7.22 light-years
  • Gl 402.1 7.33 light-years
  • HIP 54085 9.91 light-years
  • HIP 54027 14.5 light-years
  • 55 Leo 15.0 light-years
  • HIP 54109 15.4 light-years
  • HIP 53725 16.1 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.