Star · K2
HD 4760
HD 4760 is a supergiant star of spectral type K2 in the constellation Pisces, 1,596 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 3869 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Distance | 1,596 light-years (489.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.51 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −0.94 |
| Spectral type | K2 |
| Surface temperature | 4,080 K |
| Luminosity | 851 L☉ |
| Radius | 42.4 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.05 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.91 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 0h 49m 39.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +6° 24′ 26″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 83.3 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.51); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° S. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 430. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 28 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 4760, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.28, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 4760 b 434-day orbit · 12.3 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.