Star · K9V
HATS-74 A
HATS-74 A is a main-sequence star of spectral type K9V in the constellation Crater, 976.5 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Crater |
|---|---|
| Distance | 976.5 light-years (299.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 17.26 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 9.88 |
| Spectral type | K9V |
| Surface temperature | 3,780 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0608 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.576 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.601 M☉ |
| Age | 11.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.51 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 11h 24m 03.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | −19° 33′ 25″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 78.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 17.26. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 70° N. South of latitude 70° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1050. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 17 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HATS-74 A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HATS-74 A b 1.73-day orbit · 11.6 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.