Star · K2 IV-V
Macondo
Macondo is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2 IV-V in the constellation Antlia, 92.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HD 93083 · GJ 1137 · HIP 52521 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Antlia |
| Distance | 92.9 light-years (28.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.30 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.03 |
| Spectral type | K2 IV-V |
| Surface temperature | 5,030 K |
| Luminosity | 0.407 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.837 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.836 M☉ |
| Age | 10.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.13 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 44m 20.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −33° 34′ 37″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 49.7 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.30); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 56° N. South of latitude 56° S it never sets. 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 1933. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Macondo, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.10, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- GJ 1137 c 9.64-day orbit · 2.11 R⊕
- HD 93083 b 145-day orbit · 14.3 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 53114 4.85 light-years
- HIP 51473 7.80 light-years
- HIP 53776 9.09 light-years
- HIP 54288 9.70 light-years
- SIMP J10390264-2829293 9.98 light-years
- HIP 53818 10.1 light-years
- WISEA J102313.22-315126.7 11.0 light-years
- 2MASSW J1018588-290953 11.4 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.