Star · K2 V
HD 8326
HD 8326 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2 V in the constellation Sculptor, 100.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | GJ 3091A · HIP 6390 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Distance | 100.2 light-years (30.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.76 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.32 |
| Spectral type | K2 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,910 K |
| Luminosity | 0.322 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.783 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.8 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.04 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 1h 22m 07.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | −26° 53′ 35″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 39.8 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.76); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 63° N. South of latitude 63° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1926. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 8326, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.27, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Coma Berenices. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 8326 b 159-day orbit · 9.58 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- WISEA J014603.23-261908.7 10.5 light-years
- 2MASS J01225093-2439505 10.7 light-years
- GJ 3065 11.4 light-years
- HIP 6273 12.4 light-years
- HIP 8038 12.5 light-years
- HIP 8039 12.5 light-years
- ε Scl 12.7 light-years
- HIP 8008 12.8 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.