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Star · G7V

TOI-1226

TOI-1226 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G7V in the constellation Volans, 841.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationVolans
Distance841.3 light-years (257.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.12
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.06
Spectral typeG7V
Surface temperature5,430 K
Luminosity0.906 L☉
Radius0.987 R☉
Mass1.01 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.13
Right ascension (J2000)6h 55m 01.2s
Declination (J2000)−69° 52′ 02″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)11.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.12. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 20° N. South of latitude 20° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1185. 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 TOI-1226, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. 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.