Star · K0 V
Mönch
Mönch is a giant star of spectral type K0 V in the constellation Virgo, 104.1 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HD 130322 · HIP 72339 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 104.1 light-years (31.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.04 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.52 |
| Spectral type | K0 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,390 K |
| Luminosity | 0.582 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.85 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.92 M☉ |
| Age | 0.4 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.02 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 47m 32.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | −0° 16′ 53″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 31.6 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.04); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1922. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.8 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Mönch, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.35, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HD 130322 b 10.7-day orbit · 13.7 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- GJ 3870 8.56 light-years
- SIMP J1501530-013506 9.87 light-years
- 2MASS J14313545-0313117 11.5 light-years
- HIP 71824 12.7 light-years
- HIP 73309 13.0 light-years
- Gl 563.3 13.1 light-years
- PSO J216.4707-06.2849 14.7 light-years
- GJ 3884 14.8 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.