Star · F8
Bibhā
Bibhā is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8 in the constellation Sextans, 337.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HD 86081 · HIP 48711 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Distance | 337.0 light-years (103.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.73 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.66 |
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 5,940 K |
| Luminosity | 2.4 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.46 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.21 M☉ |
| Age | 3.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.22 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 56m 05.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −3° 48′ 30″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 45.7 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.73); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1689. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.0 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Bibhā, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.90, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 86081 b 2.14-day orbit · 13.6 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.