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Star · G2V

OGLE-2011-BLG-0173L

OGLE-2011-BLG-0173L is a main-sequence star of spectral type G2V in the constellation Sagittarius, 19,900 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance19,900 light-years (6,100 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 24.25
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 10.32
Spectral typeG2V
Surface temperature5,780 K
Luminosity0.00689 L☉
Radius0.0828 R☉
Mass0.41 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 57m 15.8s
Declination (J2000)−28° 14′ 02″

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 24.25. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 62° N. South of latitude 62° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out 20 thousand years ago. At that time Homo sapiens was spreading out of Africa; there was no farming yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 353 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around OGLE-2011-BLG-0173L, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 18.76, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Taurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.