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Star · K2.5 V

KMT-2023-BLG-0119L

KMT-2023-BLG-0119L is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2.5 V in the constellation Scorpius, 17,600 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationScorpius
Distance17,600 light-years (5,410 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 20.27
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 6.60
Spectral typeK2.5 V
Surface temperature5,780 K
Luminosity0.212 L☉
Radius0.459 R☉
Mass0.71 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 47m 15.6s
Declination (J2000)−34° 34′ 20″

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 20.27. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 55° N. South of latitude 55° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out 18 thousand years ago. At that time Homo sapiens was spreading out of Africa; there was no farming yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 313 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around KMT-2023-BLG-0119L, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 18.50, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.