Star · K8V
TOI-2068
TOI-2068 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8V in the constellation Ursa Major, 172.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
|---|---|
| Distance | 172.8 light-years (53.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.02 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 9.40 |
| Spectral type | K8V |
| Surface temperature | 3,710 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0489 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.535 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.559 M☉ |
| Age | 7.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.27 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 25m 05.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +60° 25′ 06″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 51.2 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.02. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 30° S. North of latitude 30° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1853. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.1 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around TOI-2068, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.45, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Tucana. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- TOI-2068 b 7.77-day orbit · 1.82 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 60115 5.41 light-years
- HIP 59846 13.6 light-years
- HIP 59207 16.0 light-years
- SDSS J115435.31+623438.2 16.3 light-years
- HIP 59180 16.4 light-years
- HIP 59176 16.5 light-years
- HIP 61148 19.0 light-years
- HIP 58303 19.4 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.