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Star · G0

HD 97037

HD 97037 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 in the constellation Crater, 105.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 54582
ConstellationCrater
Distance105.9 light-years (32.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.81
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.25
Spectral typeG0
Surface temperature5,870 K
Luminosity1.71 L☉
Radius1.26 R☉
Mass1.06 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.08
Right ascension (J2000)11h 10m 13.4s
Declination (J2000)−7° 23′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)48.0 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.81); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 83° N. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1920. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 97037, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.39, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 54002 6.45 light-years
  • GJ 9356 10.9 light-years
  • HIP 55900 14.2 light-years
  • HIP 53236 15.0 light-years
  • HIP 56367 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 56489 16.7 light-years
  • HD 92788 17.7 light-years
  • HIP 51931 19.3 light-years

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