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Star · K3 V

TOI-815

TOI-815 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3 V in the constellation Vela, 193.9 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationVela
Distance193.9 light-years (59.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 10.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 6.45
Spectral typeK3 V
Surface temperature4,870 K
Luminosity0.313 L☉
Radius0.77 R☉
Mass0.776 M☉
Age0.2 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.09
Right ascension (J2000)10h 23m 29.2s
Declination (J2000)−43° 50′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)4.4 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.32. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 46° N. South of latitude 46° 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 1832. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-815, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.70, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lacerta. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 51078 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 50799 15.5 light-years
  • HIP 52694 17.1 light-years
  • HIP 50045 18.2 light-years
  • Gl 404 18.6 light-years

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.