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Star · K0 V

TOI-220

TOI-220 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K0 V in the constellation Pictor, 296.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationPictor
Distance296.6 light-years (90.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 10.56
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.77
Spectral typeK0 V
Surface temperature5,300 K
Luminosity0.541 L☉
Radius0.858 R☉
Mass0.825 M☉
Age10.1 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.22
Right ascension (J2000)6h 07m 12.0s
Declination (J2000)−61° 59′ 49″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)40.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.56. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 28° N. South of latitude 28° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1729. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-220, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.62, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 29652 9.50 light-years
  • HIP 30463 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 29311 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 31386 18.4 light-years

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.