Star · G8 IV
HD 126614
HD 126614 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8 IV in the constellation Virgo, 238.7 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 70623 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 238.7 light-years (73.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.81 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.49 |
| Spectral type | G8 IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,570 K |
| Luminosity | 1.21 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.37 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.96 M☉ |
| Age | 7.2 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.56 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 26m 48.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | −5° 10′ 40″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 79.5 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.81); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 85° N. 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 1787. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 126614, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.15, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 126614 b 1,260-day orbit · 12.7 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 71347 13.4 light-years
- HIP 71195 15.4 light-years
- 104 Vir 16.2 light-years
- HIP 69997 17.2 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.