Star · G6 V
HD 76700
HD 76700 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G6 V in the constellation Volans, 196.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 43686 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Volans |
| Distance | 196.9 light-years (60.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.16 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.26 |
| Spectral type | G6 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,640 K |
| Luminosity | 1.81 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.37 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.99 M☉ |
| Age | 11.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.31 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 53m 55.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | −66° 48′ 04″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 95.9 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.16); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 23° N. South of latitude 23° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1829. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 76700, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.73, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cepheus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 76700 b 3.97-day orbit · 9.6 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 42895 7.17 light-years
- HIP 42496 9.17 light-years
- HIP 43056 10.5 light-years
- HIP 44817 10.7 light-years
- HIP 44814 10.8 light-years
- HIP 42727 15.6 light-years
- HIP 47489 17.9 light-years
- HIP 47663 18.1 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.