Star · K5 V
Felixvarela
Felixvarela is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5 V in the constellation Cetus, 112.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | BD-17 63 · HIP 2247 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Distance | 112.6 light-years (34.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.62 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.93 |
| Spectral type | K5 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,710 K |
| Luminosity | 0.21 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.74 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.741 M☉ |
| Age | 4.3 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.03 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 0h 28m 34.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | −16° 13′ 35″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 69.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.62. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 74° N. South of latitude 74° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1913. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Felixvarela, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Coma Berenices. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- BD-17 63 b 656-day orbit · 12.8 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3026 6.01 light-years
- HIP 3249 8.56 light-years
- HIP 1546 8.97 light-years
- WISEA J002050.25-151913.1 9.13 light-years
- Gl 31.2B 10.5 light-years
- HIP 2237 10.9 light-years
- 2MASSW J0051107-154417 11.0 light-years
- Gl 31.2A 11.3 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.