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Star · G2 V

HD 31527

HD 31527 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G2 V in the constellation Lepus, 125.1 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 3 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 22905
ConstellationLepus
Distance125.1 light-years (38.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 7.49
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.57
Spectral typeG2 V
Surface temperature5,900 K
Luminosity1.2 L☉
Radius1.07 R☉
Mass0.96 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.17
Right ascension (J2000)4h 55m 38.4s
Declination (J2000)−23° 14′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.9 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.49); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 67° N. South of latitude 67° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1901. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 31527, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.75, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • GJ 3318 11.0 light-years
  • HIP 24710 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 21778 14.7 light-years
  • HIP 23818 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 22373 17.3 light-years
  • υ¹ Eri 17.9 light-years
  • HIP 20342 18.0 light-years
  • HIP 20478 18.1 light-years

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