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Star · G2V

TOI-2587 A

TOI-2587 A is a main-sequence star of spectral type G2V in the constellation Monoceros, 1,225 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationMonoceros
Distance1,225 light-years (375.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 11.61
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.74
Spectral typeG2V
Surface temperature5,760 K
Luminosity2.96 L☉
Radius1.73 R☉
Mass1.15 M☉
Age6.7 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.13
Right ascension (J2000)7h 43m 43.6s
Declination (J2000)−1° 04′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)64.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.61. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 89° N. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 801. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 22 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-2587 A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.70, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. 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.