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Star · G4V

TOI-4487 A

TOI-4487 A is a main-sequence star of spectral type G4V in the constellation Cygnus, 1,583 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCygnus
Distance1,583 light-years (485.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.18
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.75
Spectral typeG4V
Surface temperature6,210 K
Luminosity3.57 L☉
Radius1.63 R☉
Mass1.38 M☉
Age2.5 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.22
Right ascension (J2000)20h 25m 41.3s
Declination (J2000)+45° 58′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.18. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 443. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 28 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-4487 A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.26, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Vela. 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.