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Star · M4V

USco J160737.99-224247.0

USco J160737.99-224247.0 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Scorpius, 352.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationScorpius
Distance352.3 light-years (108.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 22.45
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 17.28
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.92 × 10⁻⁴ L☉
Radius0.0521 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 07m 38.0s
Declination (J2000)−22° 42′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)13.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.45. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 67° N. South of latitude 67° S it never sets. 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 1674. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around USco J160737.99-224247.0, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.00, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Taurus. 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.