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Star · K0 V

DMPP-3 A

DMPP-3 A is a subgiant star of spectral type K0 V in the constellation Mensa, 153.5 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 28941
ConstellationMensa
Distance153.5 light-years (47.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 9.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.74
Spectral typeK0 V
Surface temperature5,140 K
Luminosity0.507 L☉
Radius0.91 R☉
Mass0.9 M☉
Age10.9 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.18
Right ascension (J2000)6h 06m 29.9s
Declination (J2000)−72° 30′ 45″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)92.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.10. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 17° N. South of latitude 17° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1873. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around DMPP-3 A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.19, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 27531 3.61 light-years
  • HIP 26985 12.7 light-years
  • HIP 24965 16.4 light-years
  • γ¹ Vol 17.1 light-years
  • HIP 30258 17.7 light-years
  • δ Dor 19.1 light-years
  • HIP 28316 19.5 light-years
  • HIP 34805 19.6 light-years

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