Star · M0.5 Ve
HIP 48714
HIP 48714 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0.5 Ve in the constellation Ursa Major, 34.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | Gl 373 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Distance | 34.3 light-years (10.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.99 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.88 |
| Spectral type | M0.5 Ve |
| Surface temperature | 4,020 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0699 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.595 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.58 M☉ |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 56m 08.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +62° 47′ 18″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 36.0 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.99); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 27° S. North of latitude 27° 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 1992. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 609 thousand years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HIP 48714, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 4.94, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Indus. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HIP 48714 b 17.8-day orbit · 5.11 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.