Star · K6 V
TOI-500
TOI-500 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K6 V in the constellation Puppis, 154.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 4 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | GJ 9224 · HIP 34269 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Puppis |
| Distance | 154.6 light-years (47.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.54 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.16 |
| Spectral type | K6 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,440 K |
| Luminosity | 0.2 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.678 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.74 M☉ |
| Age | 5.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.12 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 06m 14.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −47° 35′ 14″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 71.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.54. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 42° N. South of latitude 42° S it never sets. 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 1871. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.7 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around TOI-500, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lyra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 35437 8.95 light-years
- HIP 35359 11.8 light-years
- HIP 31833 15.9 light-years
- HIP 35965 16.0 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.