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Star · M4V

WISEA J150712.17+603038.5

WISEA J150712.17+603038.5 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Draco, 133.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance133.7 light-years (41.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 21.53
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 18.47
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity6.45 × 10⁻⁵ L☉
Radius0.0302 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 07m 12.0s
Declination (J2000)+60° 30′ 39″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.2 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 29° S. North of latitude 29° N 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 1892. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WISEA J150712.17+603038.5, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Horologium. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 71876 7.38 light-years
  • HIP 70252 13.0 light-years
  • HIP 73623 13.1 light-years
  • HIP 75783 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 70426 16.1 light-years
  • HIP 73183 16.7 light-years
  • HIP 70253 17.7 light-years
  • TOI-1860 17.8 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.