Star · K0V
Gaia23braL
Gaia23braL is a main-sequence star of spectral type K0V in the constellation Carina, 14,100 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Carina |
|---|---|
| Distance | 14,100 light-years (4,330 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 19.86 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.68 |
| Spectral type | K0V |
| Surface temperature | 5,060 K |
| Luminosity | 1.09 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.36 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.774 M☉ |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 22m 31.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −63° 15′ 50″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 63.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 19.86. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 27° N. South of latitude 27° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out 14 thousand years ago. At that time Homo sapiens was spreading out of Africa; there was no farming yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 251 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Gaia23braL, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 18.01, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cepheus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Gaia23braL b 13.5 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.