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Star · K3 V

TOI-2969

TOI-2969 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3 V in the constellation Vela, 534.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationVela
Distance534.9 light-years (164.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.80
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 6.73
Spectral typeK3 V
Surface temperature4,740 K
Luminosity0.26 L☉
Radius0.7 R☉
Mass0.71 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.08
Right ascension (J2000)10h 00m 15.0s
Declination (J2000)−47° 26′ 43″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)9.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.80. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 43° N. South of latitude 43° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1491. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-2969, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.90, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cygnus. 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.