Star · G5
HD 80869
HD 80869 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Leo Minor, 276.1 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 46022 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
| Distance | 276.1 light-years (84.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.48 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.84 |
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,840 K |
| Luminosity | 2.51 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.06 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.06 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.17 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 23m 09.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +33° 54′ 19″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 57.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.48); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 56° S. North of latitude 56° 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 1750. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.9 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 80869, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.47, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Microscopium. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 80869 b 1,750-day orbit · 12.8 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 45896 5.84 light-years
- SDSS J093215.46+345624.8 11.3 light-years
- HIP 46321 12.8 light-years
- HIP 46590 15.8 light-years
- HIP 45053 16.7 light-years
- HIP 46915 16.8 light-years
- HIP 45196 17.5 light-years
- HIP 46243 19.3 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.