Star · G5 IV
HD 32963
HD 32963 is a subgiant star of spectral type G5 IV in the constellation Taurus, 124.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 23884 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Distance | 124.8 light-years (38.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.60 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.69 |
| Spectral type | G5 IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,730 K |
| Luminosity | 1.16 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.11 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.94 M☉ |
| Age | 5.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.11 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 07m 55.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +26° 19′ 41″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 64.8 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.60); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 64° S. North of latitude 64° N 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 32963, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.74, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 32963 b 2,370-day orbit · 13.4 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 23395 5.62 light-years
- HIP 23384 5.73 light-years
- HIP 24046 7.26 light-years
- HIP 23259 7.92 light-years
- HIP 23563 8.09 light-years
- HIP 23396 12.4 light-years
- HIP 23402 12.4 light-years
- Elnath 13.9 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.