Star · K9V
WISE J092055.40+453856.3
WISE J092055.40+453856.3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K9V in the constellation Ursa Major, 40.2 light-years from the Sun.
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
|---|---|
| Distance | 40.2 light-years (12.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 21.53 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 21.08 |
| Spectral type | K9V |
| Surface temperature | 3,830 K |
| Luminosity | 1.11 × 10⁻⁶ L☉ |
| Radius | 0.00238 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.075 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 20m 55.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +45° 38′ 51″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 50.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 21.53. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1986. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 713 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around WISE J092055.40+453856.3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.28, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Indus. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- θ UMa 6.14 light-years
- Gl 354B 6.14 light-years
- SDSSp J083008.12+482847.4 6.41 light-years
- 2MASSI J0908380+503208 7.06 light-years
- GJ 3586 7.61 light-years
- GJ 1119 7.65 light-years
- Gl 356B 7.69 light-years
- 11 LMi 7.70 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.