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Star · G2V

OGLE-2015-BLG-0966L

OGLE-2015-BLG-0966L is a main-sequence star of spectral type G2V in the constellation Sagittarius, 10,800 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance10,800 light-years (3,300 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 23.51
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 10.92
Spectral typeG2V
Surface temperature5,780 K
Luminosity0.00399 L☉
Radius0.063 R☉
Mass0.38 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 55m 01.0s
Declination (J2000)−29° 02′ 50″

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 23.51. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 61° N. South of latitude 61° 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 11 thousand years ago. At that time the first farming villages were being founded; there was no writing yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 191 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around OGLE-2015-BLG-0966L, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 17.42, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. 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.