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Star · M4V

ULAS J111127.77+051855.5

ULAS J111127.77+051855.5 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Leo, 218.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance218.5 light-years (67.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 26.24
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.11
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.25 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00565 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 11m 27.6s
Declination (J2000)+5° 19′ 02″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)121.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 26.24. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 85° 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 1807. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J111127.77+051855.5, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.96, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 54887 7.65 light-years
  • HIP 54863 11.4 light-years
  • HIP 55416 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 55751 16.9 light-years
  • ULAS J110242.39+012021.9 17.3 light-years
  • HIP 55323 18.2 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.