Star · K3V
Qatar-2
Qatar-2 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3V in the constellation Virgo, 591.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Virgo |
|---|---|
| Distance | 591.6 light-years (181.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.44 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.15 |
| Spectral type | K3V |
| Surface temperature | 4,650 K |
| Luminosity | 0.207 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.776 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.743 M☉ |
| Age | 5.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.02 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 50m 37.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | −6° 48′ 15″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 77.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.44. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 83° N. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1434. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 10 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Qatar-2, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.12, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Qatar-2 b 1.34-day orbit · 14.1 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.