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Star · G2V

OGLE-2016-BLG-0007L

OGLE-2016-BLG-0007L is a main-sequence star of spectral type G2V in the constellation Sagittarius, 14,000 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationSagittarius
Distance14,000 light-years (4,300 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 20.86
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 7.69
Spectral typeG2V
Surface temperature5,780 K
Luminosity0.0777 L☉
Radius0.278 R☉
Mass0.59 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 53m 25.5s
Declination (J2000)−29° 38′ 32″

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 20.86. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 60° N. South of latitude 60° 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 14 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 249 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around OGLE-2016-BLG-0007L, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 18.00, 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.