Star · G8/K0 IV
KELT-11
KELT-11 is a giant star of spectral type G8/K0 IV in the constellation Sextans, 326.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 52733 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Distance | 326.0 light-years (100.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.04 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.04 |
| Spectral type | G8/K0 IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,380 K |
| Luminosity | 5.55 L☉ |
| Radius | 2.69 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.44 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.17 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 46m 49.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | −9° 23′ 57″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 63.4 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.04); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 81° N. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1700. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around KELT-11, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.83, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- KELT-11 b 4.74-day orbit · 15.1 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.