Star · G3 V
HD 125612
HD 125612 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3 V in the constellation Virgo, 188.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 3 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 70123 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 188.6 light-years (57.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.31 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.50 |
| Spectral type | G3 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,900 K |
| Luminosity | 1.15 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.07 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.05 M☉ |
| Age | 1.8 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.23 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 20m 53.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | −17° 28′ 54″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 30.8 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.31); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 73° N. South of latitude 73° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1837. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 125612, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.64, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aries. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 125612 c 4.15-day orbit · 4.07 R⊕
- HD 125612 b 558-day orbit · 13.2 R⊕
- HD 125612 d 2,820-day orbit · 12.7 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 70681 8.09 light-years
- HIP 69528 11.0 light-years
- HIP 69168 15.8 light-years
- Khambalia 17.6 light-years
- HIP 70011 18.6 light-years
- HIP 72134 19.5 light-years
- HIP 69143 19.5 light-years
- HIP 68090 19.8 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.