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Star · K1V

EPIC 212499991

EPIC 212499991 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1V in the constellation Virgo, 924.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationVirgo
Distance924.0 light-years (283.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.67
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 6.41
Spectral typeK1V
Surface temperature4,980 K
Luminosity0.319 L☉
Radius0.758 R☉
Mass0.912 M☉
Right ascension (J2000)13h 29m 57.3s
Declination (J2000)−12° 44′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)11.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.67. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 77° N. South of latitude 77° S 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 1102. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around EPIC 212499991, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.09, 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.