Star · K4 V
HIP 65 A
HIP 65 A is a main-sequence star of spectral type K4 V in the constellation Phoenix, 201.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 65 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Phoenix |
| Distance | 201.8 light-years (61.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.00 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.04 |
| Spectral type | K4 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,590 K |
| Luminosity | 0.21 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.724 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.781 M☉ |
| Age | 4.1 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.18 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 0h 00m 44.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −54° 49′ 50″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 66.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.00. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 35° N. South of latitude 35° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1824. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HIP 65 A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.79, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HIP 65 A b 0.981-day orbit · 22.8 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.