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Star · G5 V

HD 167677

HD 167677 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 V in the constellation Serpens, 178.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 89583
ConstellationSerpens
Distance178.4 light-years (54.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.90
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.21
Spectral typeG5 V
Surface temperature5,470 K
Luminosity0.738 L☉
Radius0.953 R☉
Mass0.96 M☉
Age11.5 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.29
Right ascension (J2000)18h 16m 49.6s
Declination (J2000)−11° 24′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)82.1 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.90); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 79° N. South of latitude 79° S 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 1848. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 167677, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Orion. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 88924 8.81 light-years
  • ζ Sct 10.3 light-years
  • HIP 88996 12.6 light-years
  • HIP 88656 13.4 light-years
  • τ Oph 14.6 light-years
  • τ Oph 14.7 light-years
  • α Sct 18.4 light-years

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