Star · K0
Baekdu
Baekdu is a giant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Ursa Minor, 532.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | 8 UMi · HIP 73136 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Minor |
| Distance | 532.3 light-years (163.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.83 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 0.77 |
| Spectral type | K0 |
| Surface temperature | 4,850 K |
| Luminosity | 52.9 L☉ |
| Radius | 10.7 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.51 M☉ |
| Age | 1.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.03 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 56m 48.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +74° 54′ 03″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 14.2 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.83); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 15° S. North of latitude 15° 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 1494. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Baekdu, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydrus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- 8 UMi b 93.3-day orbit · 13.5 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.