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Star · G0

HD 152843

HD 152843 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 in the constellation Hercules, 356.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationHercules
Distance356.0 light-years (109.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.92
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.73
Spectral typeG0
Surface temperature6,310 K
Luminosity2.82 L☉
Radius1.43 R☉
Mass1.15 M☉
Age4.0 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.16
Right ascension (J2000)16h 55m 08.4s
Declination (J2000)+20° 29′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.3 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.92); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 70° S. North of latitude 70° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1670. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 152843, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.02, 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.