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Star · G5 IV

HD 190228

HD 190228 is a subgiant star of spectral type G5 IV in the constellation Vulpecula, 205.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 98714
ConstellationVulpecula
Distance205.2 light-years (62.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.30
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.31
Spectral typeG5 IV
Surface temperature5,360 K
Luminosity4.98 L☉
Radius2.59 R☉
Mass1.42 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.24
Right ascension (J2000)20h 03m 00.8s
Declination (J2000)+28° 18′ 25″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)62.7 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.30); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 62° S. North of latitude 62° N 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 1821. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 190228, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.82, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 97319 17.6 light-years
  • HIP 97579 17.7 light-years

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