Star · M2
TOI-1266
TOI-1266 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M2 in the constellation Draco, 117.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 3 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Draco |
|---|---|
| Distance | 117.6 light-years (36.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.00 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.22 |
| Spectral type | M2 |
| Surface temperature | 3,560 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0263 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.423 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.437 M☉ |
| Age | 4.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.11 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 11m 59.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +65° 50′ 01″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 49.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.00. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 24° S. North of latitude 24° N it never sets. 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 1908. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around TOI-1266, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.61, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- TOI-1266 b 10.9-day orbit · 2.52 R⊕
- TOI-1266 c 18.8-day orbit · 1.98 R⊕
- TOI-1266 d 32.5-day orbit · 1.74 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HD 113337 5.11 light-years
- HIP 64275 6.79 light-years
- HIP 63346 9.89 light-years
- HIP 65165 12.7 light-years
- HIP 67058 13.2 light-years
- HIP 62527 15.4 light-years
- HIP 67133 17.0 light-years
- HIP 69400 17.2 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.