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Star · F7

HAT-P-30

HAT-P-30 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F7 in the constellation Hydra, 679.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationHydra
Distance679.0 light-years (208.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 10.42
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.83
Spectral typeF7
Surface temperature6,300 K
Luminosity2.05 L☉
Radius1.31 R☉
Mass1.55 M☉
Age1.0 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.13
Right ascension (J2000)8h 15m 48.0s
Declination (J2000)+5° 50′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)53.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.42. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° S. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1347. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HAT-P-30, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.42, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. 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.