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Star · G9 V

HD 147018

HD 147018 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G9 V in the constellation Triangulum Australe, 131.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 80250
ConstellationTriangulum Australe
Distance131.6 light-years (40.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.30
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.27
Spectral typeG9 V
Surface temperature5,440 K
Luminosity0.712 L☉
Radius0.938 R☉
Mass0.927 M☉
Age6.4 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.10
Right ascension (J2000)16h 23m 00.1s
Declination (J2000)−61° 41′ 20″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)74.6 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.30); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 28° N. South of latitude 28° S 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 1894. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 147018, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.86, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Camelopardalis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • ι TrA 5.80 light-years
  • HIP 82930 9.47 light-years
  • HIP 81041 10.3 light-years
  • ι¹ Nor 10.9 light-years
  • HIP 82820 11.7 light-years
  • HIP 77158 12.1 light-years
  • HIP 81371 13.3 light-years
  • HIP 79636 13.5 light-years

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