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Star · K2 III

HD 150010

HD 150010 is a giant star of spectral type K2 III in the constellation Draco, 461.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 80920
ConstellationDraco
Distance461.6 light-years (141.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.27
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.52
Spectral typeK2 III
Surface temperature4,150 K
Luminosity96 L☉
Radius16.2 R☉
Mass1.3 M☉
Age4.9 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.25
Right ascension (J2000)16h 31m 28.2s
Declination (J2000)+72° 36′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)57.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.27). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 17° S. North of latitude 17° 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 1564. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 150010, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.58, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydrus. 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.