Star · K2 IV
Karaka
Karaka is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2 IV in the constellation Apus, 132.5 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HD 137388 · HIP 76351 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Apus |
| Distance | 132.5 light-years (40.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.71 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.67 |
| Spectral type | K2 IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,180 K |
| Luminosity | 0.46 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.88 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.68 M☉ |
| Age | 6.5 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.19 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 15h 35m 39.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −80° 12′ 16″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 28.9 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.71); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 10° N. South of latitude 10° S it never sets.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1894. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Karaka, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.87, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cepheus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 137388 b 330-day orbit · 9.32 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.