Star · F5V
Sterrennacht
Sterrennacht is a main-sequence star of spectral type F5V in the constellation Andromeda, 894.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HAT-P-6 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Distance | 894.6 light-years (274.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.52 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.33 |
| Spectral type | F5V |
| Surface temperature | 6,570 K |
| Luminosity | 3.57 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.62 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.79 M☉ |
| Age | 2.3 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.13 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 23h 39m 05.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +42° 27′ 57″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 34.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.52. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 48° S. North of latitude 48° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1131. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Sterrennacht, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.02, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- HAT-P-6 b 3.85-day orbit · 16.6 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.