Star · F8 V
HD 50554
HD 50554 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8 V in the constellation Gemini, 101.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 3 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 33212 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Distance | 101.3 light-years (31.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 6.84 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.38 |
| Spectral type | F8 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,970 K |
| Luminosity | 1.5 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.15 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.04 M☉ |
| Age | 2.2 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.02 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 6h 54m 42.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +24° 14′ 44″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 15.7 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.84); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 66° S. North of latitude 66° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, 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 50554, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.29, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 50554 c 5.97-day orbit · 1.31 R⊕
- HD 50554 d 28.1-day orbit · 1.41 R⊕
- HD 50554 b 1,240-day orbit · 12.8 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 34317 5.73 light-years
- WISE J062905.13+241804.9 10.5 light-years
- HIP 31626 11.0 light-years
- HIP 32874 11.3 light-years
- HIP 30893 13.3 light-years
- HIP 34950 13.7 light-years
- HIP 36152 13.9 light-years
- HIP 29810 15.3 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.