Star · G5
HD 163607
HD 163607 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Draco, 221.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 87601 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 221.0 light-years (67.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.00 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.84 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,520 K |
| Luminosity | 2.63 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.76 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.12 M☉ |
| Age | 8.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.21 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 17h 53m 40.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +56° 23′ 31″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 46.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.00); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 34° S. North of latitude 34° 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 1805. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 163607, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.99, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pictor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 163607 b 75.2-day orbit · 13.9 R⊕
- HD 163607 c 1,270-day orbit · 13.3 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 87426 10.7 light-years
- HIP 89455 16.2 light-years
- 2MASS J17373467+5953434 16.4 light-years
- HIP 89443 18.0 light-years
- 2MASS J17440969+5135032 19.4 light-years
- SDSS J172822.19+584509.9 19.4 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.