Star · F5 V
HD 106906
HD 106906 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F5 V in the constellation Crux, 333.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 59960 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Crux |
| Distance | 333.9 light-years (102.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.80 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 2.75 |
| Spectral type | F5 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,520 K |
| Luminosity | 5.62 L☉ |
| Radius | 2.12 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.5 M☉ |
| Age | 0.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.04 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 17m 53.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | −55° 58′ 32″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 21.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.80); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 34° N. South of latitude 34° 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 1692. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 106906, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.88, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cassiopeia. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 106906 b 12.4 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.