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Star · G0 V

HD 80653

HD 80653 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 V in the constellation Cancer, 352.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCancer
Distance352.2 light-years (108.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 9.53
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.36
Spectral typeG0 V
Surface temperature5,960 K
Luminosity1.63 L☉
Radius1.2 R☉
Mass1.15 M☉
Age3.3 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.26
Right ascension (J2000)9h 21m 21.4s
Declination (J2000)+14° 22′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.53. 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 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 1674. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 80653, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.00, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.