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Star · K0

HD 145934

HD 145934 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Hercules, 746.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationHercules
Distance746.0 light-years (228.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.61
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.81
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature4,820 K
Luminosity22.6 L☉
Radius6.93 R☉
Mass2.06 M☉
Age1.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.10
Right ascension (J2000)16h 13m 09.9s
Declination (J2000)+13° 14′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)30.0 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.61); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 77° S. North of latitude 77° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1280. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 145934, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.63, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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