Star · G2 V
KELT-23 A
KELT-23 A is a main-sequence star of spectral type G2 V in the constellation Ursa Minor, 414.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Ursa Minor |
|---|---|
| Distance | 414.4 light-years (127.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.38 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.86 |
| Spectral type | G2 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,900 K |
| Luminosity | 1.08 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.996 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.944 M☉ |
| Age | 6.4 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.11 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 15h 28m 35.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +66° 21′ 31″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 16.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.38. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 24° S. North of latitude 24° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1612. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.4 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around KELT-23 A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.35, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Reticulum. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- KELT-23 A b 2.26-day orbit · 14.8 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.