Star · K7 V
HIP 34222
HIP 34222 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K7 V in the constellation Gemini, 74.5 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | Gl 265A |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Distance | 74.5 light-years (22.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.14 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.35 |
| Spectral type | K7 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,050 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0928 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.619 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.62 M☉ |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 05m 42.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +27° 28′ 15″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 25.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.14. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 63° S. North of latitude 63° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1952. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HIP 34222, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.62, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HIP 34222 b 160-day orbit · 13.9 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.