Star · G3 V
HD 196050
HD 196050 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3 V in the constellation Pavo, 164.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 101806 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pavo |
| Distance | 164.8 light-years (50.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.50 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.98 |
| Spectral type | G3 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,880 K |
| Luminosity | 1.82 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.42 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.27 M☉ |
| Age | 4.3 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.23 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 20h 37m 51.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | −60° 38′ 04″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 78.1 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.50); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 29° N. South of latitude 29° 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 1861. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 196050, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.35, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 196050 b 1,390-day orbit · 12.9 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 99945 9.35 light-years
- 2MASS J20334473-5635338 11.9 light-years
- HIP 103867 13.8 light-years
- HIP 98884 15.8 light-years
- HIP 100974 16.1 light-years
- HIP 98533 17.5 light-years
- Peacock 18.8 light-years
- HIP 101399 18.8 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.