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Star · M4V

ULAS J151355.05-013300.6

ULAS J151355.05-013300.6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Serpens, 309.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationSerpens
Distance309.9 light-years (95.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.24
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.35
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.80 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0505 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 13m 55.1s
Declination (J2000)−1° 33′ 00″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)16.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.24. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 88° N. 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 1716. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J151355.05-013300.6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.72, 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):

  • HIP 73852 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 74051 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 75538 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 74123 17.8 light-years
  • HIP 74952 18.5 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.