Star · F
KELT-4 A
KELT-4 A is a main-sequence star of spectral type F in the constellation Leo, 711.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 51260 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Leo |
| Distance | 711.2 light-years (218.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.98 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.29 |
| Spectral type | F |
| Surface temperature | 6,210 K |
| Luminosity | 3.43 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.6 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.2 M☉ |
| Age | 4.4 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.12 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 28m 15.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +25° 34′ 23″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 29.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.98. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 64° S. North of latitude 64° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1315. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around KELT-4 A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- KELT-4 A b 2.99-day orbit · 19 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.