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Star · G4 V

HD 126525

HD 126525 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G4 V in the constellation Lupus, 123.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesGl 550 · HIP 70695
ConstellationLupus
Distance123.2 light-years (37.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.85
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.96
Spectral typeG4 V
Surface temperature5,640 K
Luminosity0.911 L☉
Radius0.979 R☉
Mass0.897 M☉
Age9.7 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.10
Right ascension (J2000)14h 27m 33.0s
Declination (J2000)−51° 55′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)56.6 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.85); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 38° N. South of latitude 38° 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 1903. 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 126525, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Perseus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 69570 9.35 light-years
  • Gl 534.1B 11.7 light-years
  • HIP 69075 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 70924 13.3 light-years
  • Gl 534.1A 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 69901 14.8 light-years
  • HIP 74243 16.1 light-years
  • HIP 74255 16.6 light-years

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.