Star · K8 V
TOI-260
TOI-260 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8 V in the constellation Cetus, 65.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | GJ 1008 · HIP 1532 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Distance | 65.9 light-years (20.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.90 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.37 |
| Spectral type | K8 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,030 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0873 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.607 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.616 M☉ |
| Age | 15.9 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.47 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 0h 19m 05.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | −9° 57′ 54″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 31.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.90. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 80° N. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1960. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around TOI-260, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 6.36, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be visible to the naked eye.
Planets
- TOI-260 b 13.5-day orbit · 1.71 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.