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Star · F1V

TOI-1994

TOI-1994 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F1V in the constellation Vela, 1,638 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationVela
Distance1,638 light-years (502.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 10.55
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.05
Spectral typeF1V
Surface temperature7,700 K
Luminosity16.7 L☉
Radius2.3 R☉
Mass1.86 M☉
Age0.9 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.01
Right ascension (J2000)9h 48m 41.9s
Declination (J2000)−51° 45′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.55. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 38° N. South of latitude 38° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 388. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 29 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-1994, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.33, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cygnus. 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.