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Star · K7III

TIC 4672985

TIC 4672985 is a giant star of spectral type K7III in the constellation Cetus, 823.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCetus
Distance823.8 light-years (252.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 11.63
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.62
Spectral typeK7III
Surface temperature5,760 K
Luminosity1.3 L☉
Radius1.15 R☉
Mass1.01 M☉
Age7.7 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.14
Right ascension (J2000)2h 33m 52.9s
Declination (J2000)−10° 39′ 26″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)69.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.63. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 79° N. South of latitude 79° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1202. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 15 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TIC 4672985, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Boötes. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.