Star · G5
HD 63935
HD 63935 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Canis Minor, 159.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 38374 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canis Minor |
| Distance | 159.3 light-years (48.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.58 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.14 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,510 K |
| Luminosity | 0.768 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.96 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.941 M☉ |
| Age | 6.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.11 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 51m 42.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +9° 23′ 10″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 51.5 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.58); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 81° S. 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 1867. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 63935, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.27, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 63935 b 9.06-day orbit · 2.92 R⊕
- HD 63935 c 21.4-day orbit · 3.06 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 38021 15.9 light-years
- HIP 40449 16.6 light-years
- Gomeisa 17.4 light-years
- HIP 39418 17.6 light-years
- HIP 36485 19.1 light-years
- HIP 36497 19.4 light-years
- HIP 36290 19.4 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.