Star · G0
HD 105618
HD 105618 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 in the constellation Virgo, 227.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 59278 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 227.8 light-years (69.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.63 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.41 |
| Spectral type | G0 |
| Surface temperature | 5,670 K |
| Luminosity | 1.51 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.27 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.01 M☉ |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 09m 36.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +11° 12′ 42″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 35.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.63); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 79° S. North of latitude 79° N 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 1798. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.0 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 105618, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.05, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 105618 b 10-day orbit · 5.44 R⊕
- HD 105618 c 77,100-day orbit · 11.9 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- ULAS J120009.69+120821.4 13.4 light-years
- HIP 60510 14.8 light-years
- ULAS J120545.92+084206.8 15.0 light-years
- HIP 58098 15.4 light-years
- HIP 59250 15.5 light-years
- HIP 58968 16.2 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.