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Star · G5 V

HD 28471

HD 28471 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 V in the constellation Reticulum, 142.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 3 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesGJ 9156 · HIP 20625
ConstellationReticulum
Distance142.6 light-years (43.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.89
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.69
Spectral typeG5 V
Surface temperature5,770 K
Luminosity1.15 L☉
Radius1.08 R☉
Mass0.98 M☉
Age6.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.04
Right ascension (J2000)4h 25m 09.2s
Declination (J2000)−64° 04′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)87.2 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.89); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 26° N. South of latitude 26° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1883. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 28471, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.03, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • HD 29399 4.02 light-years
  • GJ 9134 11.0 light-years
  • HD 27894 11.7 light-years
  • HIP 19467 12.7 light-years
  • HIP 23342 13.2 light-years
  • HIP 17398 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 16693 14.7 light-years
  • HIP 20677 14.9 light-years

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