Star · G0
HD 88072
HD 88072 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 in the constellation Sextans, 117.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 49756 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Distance | 117.2 light-years (35.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.55 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.77 |
| Spectral type | G0 |
| Surface temperature | 5,790 K |
| Luminosity | 1.07 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.03 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.04 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.04 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 09m 23.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +2° 22′ 16″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 38.9 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.55); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 88° S. 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 1909. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HD 88072, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.61, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 88072 b 18,500-day orbit · 12.6 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 9322 5.26 light-years
- ULAS J101721.40+011817.9 5.81 light-years
- ULAS J094806.06+064805.0 14.7 light-years
- ULAS J102144.87+054446.1 15.6 light-years
- HIP 51280 15.7 light-years
- HIP 50657 15.8 light-years
- ULAS J093951.04+001653.6 16.5 light-years
- GJ 3605 17.5 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.