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Star · G5

HD 29021

HD 29021 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Camelopardalis, 100.7 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 21571
ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance100.7 light-years (30.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.76
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.31
Spectral typeG5
Surface temperature5,560 K
Luminosity0.659 L☉
Radius0.85 R☉
Mass0.86 M☉
Age5.5 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.30
Right ascension (J2000)4h 37m 52.2s
Declination (J2000)+60° 40′ 35″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)9.7 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.76); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 29° S. North of latitude 29° N 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 1925. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 29021, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.28, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ara. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 23530 7.96 light-years
  • HIP 23532 8.07 light-years
  • HIP 21492 9.56 light-years
  • HIP 25094 10.0 light-years
  • HIP 22498 10.5 light-years
  • Gl 165.1 11.2 light-years
  • HIP 21884 11.4 light-years
  • Gl 171 12.3 light-years

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