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Star · M0.5 V

TOI-530

TOI-530 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M0.5 V in the constellation Gemini, 485.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationGemini
Distance485.2 light-years (148.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.40
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 9.54
Spectral typeM0.5 V
Surface temperature3,660 K
Luminosity0.049 L☉
Radius0.54 R☉
Mass0.53 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.38
Right ascension (J2000)6h 53m 39.1s
Declination (J2000)+12° 52′ 54″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)45.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.40. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 77° S. North of latitude 77° N 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 1541. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-530, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.69, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Scutum. 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.