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Star · F8

TOI-1281

TOI-1281 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8 in the constellation Ursa Minor, 581.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationUrsa Minor
Distance581.4 light-years (178.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 10.34
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.08
Spectral typeF8
Surface temperature6,190 K
Luminosity2.32 L☉
Radius1.32 R☉
Mass1.19 M☉
Right ascension (J2000)13h 17m 46.3s
Declination (J2000)+71° 43′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.34. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 18° S. North of latitude 18° 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 1445. 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 TOI-1281, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.09, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. 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.