Star · K7 V
HIP 70849
HIP 70849 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K7 V in the constellation Lupus, 78.7 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | Gl 550.3 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Lupus |
| Distance | 78.7 light-years (24.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.36 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.45 |
| Spectral type | K7 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,110 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0895 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.633 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.65 M☉ |
| Age | 3.0 billion years |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 29m 18.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | −46° 27′ 49″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 23.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.36. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 44° N. South of latitude 44° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1947. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HIP 70849, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.74, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Andromeda. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HIP 70849 b 3,650-day orbit · 12.9 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- Gl 570.1 7.93 light-years
- Gl 571 7.99 light-years
- HIP 73633 10.3 light-years
- CWISEP J135937.65-435226.9 10.3 light-years
- HIP 73547 10.7 light-years
- Gl 540.3 11.1 light-years
- WISEA J134824.42-422744.9 11.6 light-years
- HIP 72119 12.3 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.