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Star · M4V

WISEPC J132004.16+603426.2

WISEPC J132004.16+603426.2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M4V in the constellation Ursa Major, 53.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance53.8 light-years (16.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.00
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 22.91
Spectral typeM4V
Surface temperature2,980 K
Luminosity1.07 × 10⁻⁶ L☉
Radius0.0039 R☉
Mass0.075 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 20m 05.1s
Declination (J2000)+60° 34′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)43.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.00. 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 April, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1972. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 955 thousand years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WISEPC J132004.16+603426.2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.92, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be visible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 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.