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TOI-470

TOI-470 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G in the constellation Canis Major, 424.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCanis Major
Distance424.4 light-years (130.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 11.29
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.72
Spectral typeG
Surface temperature5,190 K
Luminosity0.439 L☉
Radius0.831 R☉
Mass0.87 M☉
Age1.4 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.10
Right ascension (J2000)6h 16m 02.3s
Declination (J2000)−25° 01′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)60.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.29. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 65° N. South of latitude 65° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1602. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-470, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.40, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. 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.