Star · G5
HD 79498
HD 79498 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Cancer, 158.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 45406 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cancer |
| Distance | 158.6 light-years (48.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.05 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.62 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,750 K |
| Luminosity | 1.07 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.05 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.08 M☉ |
| Age | 2.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.18 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 15m 09.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +23° 22′ 32″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 50.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.05); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° N 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 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 79498, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.26, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Capricornus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 79498 b 1,810-day orbit · 13.6 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 45869 7.35 light-years
- HIP 44858 12.3 light-years
- HIP 44864 12.3 light-years
- HIP 45954 13.0 light-years
- HIP 43766 15.0 light-years
- HIP 47112 16.8 light-years
- CFBDS J090139.82+174051.3 18.1 light-years
- SDSS J084758.93+260723.9 19.9 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.