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Star · K0

HD 37605

HD 37605 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Orion, 152.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 26664
ConstellationOrion
Distance152.2 light-years (46.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.67
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.33
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature5,330 K
Luminosity0.603 L☉
Radius0.91 R☉
Mass0.94 M☉
Age5.7 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.27
Right ascension (J2000)5h 40m 01.7s
Declination (J2000)+6° 03′ 38″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)60.1 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.67); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° S. 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 1874. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 37605, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.17, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 26864 8.43 light-years
  • HIP 26444 9.62 light-years
  • HD 34445 15.2 light-years
  • HIP 25677 16.1 light-years
  • HIP 28135 17.1 light-years
  • μ Ori 17.9 light-years
  • HD 38529 19.0 light-years

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