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Star · G5 V

Nervia

Nervia is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 V in the constellation Auriga, 139.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHD 49674 · HIP 32916
ConstellationAuriga
Distance139.9 light-years (42.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 8.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.94
Spectral typeG5 V
Surface temperature5,600 K
Luminosity0.951 L☉
Radius1.02 R☉
Mass1.03 M☉
Age3.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.32
Right ascension (J2000)6h 51m 30.5s
Declination (J2000)+40° 52′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)28.5 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.10); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 49° S. North of latitude 49° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1886. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Nervia, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.99, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Corona Australis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 32702 8.38 light-years
  • HIP 32673 10.8 light-years
  • HIP 32382 10.9 light-years
  • HIP 30486 15.6 light-years
  • GJ 1091 16.8 light-years
  • HIP 30944 17.8 light-years
  • WISEA J071138.88+370601.0 17.9 light-years
  • Lucilinburhuc 18.0 light-years

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