Star · F8 V
HD 212301
HD 212301 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8 V in the constellation Octans, 176.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 110852 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Octans |
| Distance | 176.4 light-years (54.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.76 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.09 |
| Spectral type | F8 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,240 K |
| Luminosity | 1.75 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.16 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.55 M☉ |
| Age | 1.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.18 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 22h 27m 31.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −77° 43′ 04″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 31.1 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.76); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 12° N. South of latitude 12° S it never sets.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1850. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 212301, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.50, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 212301 b 2.25-day orbit · 14.2 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 109368 10.5 light-years
- HIP 117596 14.4 light-years
- HIP 116939 17.1 light-years
- HIP 111478 17.3 light-years
- HIP 115247 19.9 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.