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Star · A8V

KOI-319

KOI-319 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A8V in the constellation Cygnus, 2,117 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCygnus
Distance2,117 light-years (649.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.71
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.65
Spectral typeA8V
Surface temperature5,880 K
Luminosity5.23 L☉
Radius2.06 R☉
Mass1.33 M☉
Age3.9 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.16
Right ascension (J2000)19h 20m 28.2s
Declination (J2000)+44° 52′ 23″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.71. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 45° S. North of latitude 45° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around 92 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 38 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around KOI-319, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.