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Star · M4V

ULAS J223636.89+011132.3

ULAS J223636.89+011132.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Aquarius, 212.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance212.0 light-years (65.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.65
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.59
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity5.78 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0286 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 36m 36.9s
Declination (J2000)+1° 11′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.65. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 89° S. 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 1814. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around ULAS J223636.89+011132.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.89, 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):

  • HIP 110358 15.6 light-years
  • HIP 110385 16.3 light-years
  • HIP 113000 16.4 light-years
  • HIP 111446 17.4 light-years
  • CFBDS J223856.30+034947.0 18.9 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.