Star · G0
HD 106252
HD 106252 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 in the constellation Virgo, 124.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 59610 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 124.3 light-years (38.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.41 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.51 |
| Spectral type | G0 |
| Surface temperature | 5,870 K |
| Luminosity | 1.33 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.05 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.05 M☉ |
| Age | 3.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.06 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 13m 29.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +10° 02′ 30″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 53.1 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.41); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 80° S. North of latitude 80° 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 1902. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 106252, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.73, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 106252 b 1,540-day orbit · 12.5 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- ULAS J120621.03+101802.9 4.89 light-years
- HIP 59589 5.17 light-years
- HIP 60661 9.32 light-years
- ULAS J120744.65+133902.7 10.7 light-years
- HIP 58536 12.6 light-years
- HIP 59321 12.6 light-years
- SDSS J115700.50+061105.2 12.9 light-years
- HIP 60325 13.2 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.