Star · K4
HAT-P-11
HAT-P-11 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K4 in the constellation Cygnus, 123.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 97657 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Distance | 123.4 light-years (37.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.46 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.57 |
| Spectral type | K4 |
| Surface temperature | 4,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.271 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.683 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.811 M☉ |
| Age | 2.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.31 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 50m 50.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +48° 04′ 51″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 79.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.46. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1903. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HAT-P-11, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HAT-P-11 b 4.89-day orbit · 4.36 R⊕
- HAT-P-11 c 3,360-day orbit · 13.2 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.