Star · K1
Dombay
Dombay is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1 in the constellation Ursa Major, 439.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HAT-P-3 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Distance | 439.8 light-years (134.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.93 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.28 |
| Spectral type | K1 |
| Surface temperature | 5,190 K |
| Luminosity | 0.437 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.87 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.06 M☉ |
| Age | 1.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.27 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 44m 22.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +48° 01′ 43″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 30.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.93. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1586. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Dombay, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.48, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Phoenix. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HAT-P-3 b 2.9-day orbit · 10.5 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.