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Star · M4V

ULAS J223347.82+002214.0

ULAS J223347.82+002214.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Aquarius, 172.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance172.9 light-years (53.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 25.57
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 21.95
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity2.61 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.00608 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 33m 47.8s
Declination (J2000)+0° 22′ 13″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 25.57. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1853. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J223347.82+002214.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.45, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sextans. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • η Aqr 5.05 light-years
  • 37 Peg 12.6 light-years
  • HIP 110292 14.7 light-years
  • HIP 112811 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 110776 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 110753 18.6 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.