Star · K0
BD+63 1405
BD+63 1405 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Draco, 124.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 88617 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 124.3 light-years (38.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.96 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.06 |
| Spectral type | K0 |
| Surface temperature | 5,000 K |
| Luminosity | 0.386 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.805 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.816 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.09 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 18h 05m 35.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +63° 40′ 08″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 47.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.96); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 26° S. North of latitude 26° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1902. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around BD+63 1405, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.73, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pictor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- BD+63 1405 b 1,200-day orbit · 12.4 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISE J174556.65+645933.8 8.32 light-years
- HIP 91210 11.9 light-years
- HD 156279 14.1 light-years
- HIP 86534 16.1 light-years
- SDSS J165329.69+623136.5 17.8 light-years
- PSO J260.1623+61.7636 17.8 light-years
- CWISE J174907.16+554050.3 18.3 light-years
- CWISE J175800.46+555322.7 18.5 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.