Star · K2 V
AB Pic
AB Pic is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2 V in the constellation Pictor, 163.5 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 30034 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pictor |
| Distance | 163.5 light-years (50.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.13 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.63 |
| Spectral type | K2 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,290 K |
| Luminosity | 0.594 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.999 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.9 M☉ |
| Age | 0.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.04 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 6h 19m 12.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −58° 03′ 16″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 24.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.13. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 32° N. South of latitude 32° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1862. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around AB Pic, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.33, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- AB Pic b 12.3 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 28869 13.5 light-years
- HIP 32242 15.0 light-years
- HIP 27134 15.2 light-years
- ν Pic 16.3 light-years
- HIP 32127 18.3 light-years
- HIP 30126 18.6 light-years
- HIP 33392 19.0 light-years
- HIP 28460 19.1 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.