Star · G8 V
Amadioha
Amadioha is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8 V in the constellation Canis Major, 203.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HD 43197 · HIP 29550 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canis Major |
| Distance | 203.6 light-years (62.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.98 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.00 |
| Spectral type | G8 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,510 K |
| Luminosity | 0.729 L☉ |
| Radius | 1 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.96 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.40 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 6h 13m 35.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | −29° 53′ 50″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 84.7 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.98); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 60° N. South of latitude 60° 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 1822. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Amadioha, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.81, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 43197 b 309-day orbit · 14.2 R⊕
- HD 43197 c 9,300-day orbit · 12.6 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 30001 7.54 light-years
- HIP 30261 18.0 light-years
- HIP 27688 18.4 light-years
- HIP 31201 18.8 light-years
- δ Col 19.6 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.