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Star · M4V

ULAS J145231.11+033944.0

ULAS J145231.11+033944.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Virgo, 521.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance521.9 light-years (160.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 23.52
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.50
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.57 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0472 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 52m 31.1s
Declination (J2000)+3° 39′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 23.52. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 86° S. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1504. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J145231.11+033944.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.85, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.