Star · K5V
HIP 948
HIP 948 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5V in the constellation Sculptor, 113.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Sculptor |
|---|---|
| Distance | 113.8 light-years (34.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.92 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.21 |
| Spectral type | K5V |
| Surface temperature | 4,500 K |
| Luminosity | 0.175 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.688 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.71 M☉ |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 0h 11m 41.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | −39° 13′ 48″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 125.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.92. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 51° N. South of latitude 51° 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 1912. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around HIP 948, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.54, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canes Venatici. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HIP 948 b 25,000-day orbit · 12.1 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 1085 3.37 light-years
- 2MASS J00165953-4056541 4.02 light-years
- HIP 1885 9.81 light-years
- HIP 1382 10.5 light-years
- HIP 2663 12.4 light-years
- EROS-MP J0032-4405 12.4 light-years
- HIP 116905 13.2 light-years
- HIP 490 14.0 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.