Star · A2 V
Matza
Matza is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2 V in the constellation Centaurus, 350.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 65426 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Distance | 350.6 light-years (107.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 7.01 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 1.85 |
| Spectral type | A2 V |
| Surface temperature | 8,840 K |
| Luminosity | 18.6 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.77 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.96 M☉ |
| Age | 0.0 billion years |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 24m 36.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −51° 30′ 16″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 22.0 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.01); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 38° N. South of latitude 38° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1675. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Matza, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.99, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cassiopeia. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HIP 65426 b 16.8 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.