Star · G5
HD 14787
HD 14787 is a giant star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Aries, 385.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 11130 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Aries |
| Distance | 385.8 light-years (118.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.63 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 2.27 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 4,950 K |
| Luminosity | 13 L☉ |
| Radius | 5.01 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.43 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.00 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 2h 23m 14.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +10° 50′ 12″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 12.2 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.63); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 79° S. North of latitude 79° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1640. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 14787, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.19, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Libra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 14787 b 677-day orbit · 13.7 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.