Star · G3 IV-V
Cervantes
Cervantes is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3 IV-V in the constellation Ara, 50.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 4 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | μ Ara · HD 160691 · Gl 691 · HIP 86796 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ara |
| Distance | 50.9 light-years (15.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 5.12 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.15 |
| Spectral type | G3 IV-V |
| Surface temperature | 5,770 K |
| Luminosity | 1.9 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.33 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.13 M☉ |
| Age | 5.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.28 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 17h 44m 08.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | −51° 50′ 03″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 17.0 km/s |
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.12). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 38° N. South of latitude 38° S 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 1975. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 903 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Cervantes, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 5.80, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 160691 d 9.64-day orbit · 3.23 R⊕
- HD 160691 e 308-day orbit
- HD 160691 b 645-day orbit
- HD 160691 c 3,950-day orbit
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 676B 2.29 light-years
- GJ 676 A 2.30 light-years
- WISEA J175328.55-590447.6 7.65 light-years
- Gl 714 8.80 light-years
- CWISE J183207.94-540943.3 9.43 light-years
- HIP 84051 10.1 light-years
- GJ 1218 10.3 light-years
- Gl 656 10.4 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.