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Star · G0V

HAT-P-53

HAT-P-53 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0V in the constellation Andromeda, 2,175 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance2,175 light-years (666.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.78
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.66
Spectral typeG0V
Surface temperature5,960 K
Luminosity1.65 L☉
Radius1.21 R☉
Mass1.09 M☉
Age4.7 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00
Right ascension (J2000)1h 27m 29.1s
Declination (J2000)+38° 58′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)10.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.78. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 51° S. North of latitude 51° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around 150 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 39 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HAT-P-53, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.95, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. 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.