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Star · M4V

ULAS J124413.03+123201.1

ULAS J124413.03+123201.1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Virgo, 182.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance182.6 light-years (56.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 25.30
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.56
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity3.74 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00728 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 44m 13.2s
Declination (J2000)+12° 32′ 02″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)44.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 25.30. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 77° S. North of latitude 77° N it never sets. 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 1843. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J124413.03+123201.1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.57, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • 41 Vir 7.82 light-years
  • HIP 61189 9.66 light-years
  • HIP 62249 10.9 light-years
  • HIP 61129 13.2 light-years
  • HIP 61527 14.2 light-years
  • HD 109286 18.7 light-years
  • HIP 63977 18.9 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.