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Star · F9V

TOI-2578

TOI-2578 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F9V in the constellation Perseus, 916.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationPerseus
Distance916.0 light-years (280.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 11.42
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.18
Spectral typeF9V
Surface temperature6,330 K
Luminosity3.3 L☉
Radius1.64 R☉
Mass1.27 M☉
Age5.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.01
Right ascension (J2000)4h 32m 12.5s
Declination (J2000)+52° 15′ 10″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)74.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.42. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 38° S. North of latitude 38° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1110. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-2578, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.07, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Norma. 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.