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Star · G5 IV

HD 16141

HD 16141 is a subgiant star of spectral type G5 IV in the constellation Cetus, 123.1 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesGJ 9085 · HIP 12048
ConstellationCetus
Distance123.1 light-years (37.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.83
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.95
Spectral typeG5 IV
Surface temperature5,760 K
Luminosity2.32 L☉
Radius1.48 R☉
Mass1.11 M☉
Age7.5 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.13
Right ascension (J2000)2h 35m 19.9s
Declination (J2000)−3° 33′ 38″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)97.5 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.83); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. 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 1903. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 16141, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.71, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 12065 5.00 light-years
  • HIP 12631 8.86 light-years
  • HIP 13117 10.6 light-years
  • HIP 10818 11.9 light-years
  • 66 Cet 12.3 light-years
  • Gl 87.1B 12.5 light-years
  • HIP 12764 12.9 light-years
  • HIP 13594 14.7 light-years

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