Star · K3 V
HD 185283
HD 185283 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3 V in the constellation Telescopium, 102.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 96861 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Telescopium |
| Distance | 102.2 light-years (31.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.03 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.55 |
| Spectral type | K3 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,850 K |
| Luminosity | 0.275 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.743 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.8 M☉ |
| Age | 6.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.06 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 41m 17.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −56° 19′ 19″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 57.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.03. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 34° N. South of latitude 34° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1924. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 185283, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lynx. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 185283 b 4,060-day orbit · 13.6 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 98105 7.30 light-years
- HIP 97156 8.24 light-years
- WISE J190903.16-520433.5 11.6 light-years
- CWISE J203859.15-570110.3 14.5 light-years
- HIP 92756 15.1 light-years
- GJ 4145 15.3 light-years
- GJ 9691 15.5 light-years
- GJ 4085A 15.9 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.