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Star · G5V

HATS-9

HATS-9 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5V in the constellation Sagittarius, 2,083 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance2,083 light-years (638.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.26
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.23
Spectral typeG5V
Surface temperature5,600 K
Luminosity2.05 L☉
Radius1.56 R☉
Mass1.1 M☉
Age10.8 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.38
Right ascension (J2000)19h 23m 14.4s
Declination (J2000)−20° 09′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.26. 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 July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around 58 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 37 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HATS-9, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.86, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Gemini. 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.