Star · G5
HD 108874
HD 108874 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Coma Berenices, 195.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 61028 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Distance | 195.0 light-years (59.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.76 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.88 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,600 K |
| Luminosity | 0.998 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.05 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.1 M☉ |
| Age | 8.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.26 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 30m 26.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +22° 52′ 47″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 53.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.76); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° 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 1831. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 108874, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.71, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 108874 b 394-day orbit · 13.6 R⊕
- HD 108874 c 1,620-day orbit · 13.8 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 61490 4.82 light-years
- 18 Com 4.87 light-years
- HIP 61075 11.7 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.