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Star · G2 V

HD 202206

HD 202206 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G2 V in the constellation Capricornus, 148.7 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 104903
ConstellationCapricornus
Distance148.7 light-years (45.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.08
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.79
Spectral typeG2 V
Surface temperature5,760 K
Luminosity1.09 L☉
Radius1.04 R☉
Mass1.06 M☉
Age3.9 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.23
Right ascension (J2000)21h 14m 57.8s
Declination (J2000)−20° 47′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.0 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.08); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 69° N. South of latitude 69° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1877. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 202206, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.12, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cancer. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • θ Cap 10.8 light-years
  • HD 204313 12.0 light-years
  • HIP 106204 13.1 light-years
  • HIP 105368 14.7 light-years
  • HIP 103311 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 104476 15.4 light-years
  • HIP 104687 15.5 light-years
  • HIP 104864 18.1 light-years

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