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Star · F9 V

CoRoT-14

CoRoT-14 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F9 V in the constellation Monoceros, 5,690 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationMonoceros
Distance5,690 light-years (1,745 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.93
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.72
Spectral typeF9 V
Surface temperature6,040 K
Luminosity1.31 L☉
Radius1.21 R☉
Mass1.13 M☉
Age4.2 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.05
Right ascension (J2000)6h 53m 41.8s
Declination (J2000)−5° 32′ 10″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.93. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 84° N. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out 5,690 years ago. At that time the first farming villages were being founded; there was no writing yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 101 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around CoRoT-14, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 16.04, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Serpens. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.