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Star · G9 V

HD 164922

HD 164922 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G9 V in the constellation Hercules, 71.7 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 4 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesGl 700.2 · HIP 88348
ConstellationHercules
Distance71.7 light-years (22.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.01
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.30
Spectral typeG9 V
Surface temperature5,390 K
Luminosity0.71 L☉
Radius0.946 R☉
Mass0.926 M☉
Age9.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.18
Right ascension (J2000)18h 02m 30.9s
Declination (J2000)+26° 18′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)77.4 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.01); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 64° S. North of latitude 64° 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 1954. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 164922, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.54, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lepus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

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