Star · G5
HD 72490
HD 72490 is a giant star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Cancer, 409.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 41997 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Distance | 409.0 light-years (125.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.82 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 2.33 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 4,930 K |
| Luminosity | 12.3 L☉ |
| Radius | 4.96 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.21 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.13 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 33m 36.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +13° 33′ 03″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 36.2 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.82); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° 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 1617. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 72490, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.32, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Capricornus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 72490 b 858-day orbit · 13.5 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.