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Star · K1V

EPIC 201497682

EPIC 201497682 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1V in the constellation Leo, 825.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationLeo
Distance825.3 light-years (253.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.95
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 6.93
Spectral typeK1V
Surface temperature4,990 K
Luminosity0.171 L☉
Radius0.554 R☉
Mass0.78 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.09
Right ascension (J2000)11h 15m 44.8s
Declination (J2000)+0° 29′ 17″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.95. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1201. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 15 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around EPIC 201497682, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.85, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. 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.