Star · F5 V
EPIC 246851721
EPIC 246851721 is a giant star of spectral type F5 V in the constellation Taurus, 1,233 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Taurus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,233 light-years (378.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.33 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.44 |
| Spectral type | F5 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,200 K |
| Luminosity | 3.36 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.59 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.32 M☉ |
| Age | 3.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.14 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 15m 40.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +16° 16′ 43″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 45.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.33. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 74° S. North of latitude 74° N 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 793. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 22 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around EPIC 246851721, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- EPIC 246851721 b 6.18-day orbit · 11.8 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.