Star · M2.5 V
Wolf 327
Wolf 327 is a main-sequence star of spectral type M2.5 V in the constellation Leo Minor, 93.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
|---|---|
| Distance | 93.2 light-years (28.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.01 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 10.73 |
| Spectral type | M2.5 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,540 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0234 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.406 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.405 M☉ |
| Age | 4.1 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.17 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 53m 30.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +35° 34′ 14″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 26.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.01. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 54° S. North of latitude 54° N 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 1933. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Wolf 327, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.11, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Wolf 327 b 0.573-day orbit · 1.24 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- 21 LMi 5.68 light-years
- HIP 49066 6.71 light-years
- 19 LMi 9.14 light-years
- HIP 50226 10.2 light-years
- HIP 50773 11.1 light-years
- SDSS J102552.43+321234.0 13.2 light-years
- GJ 3607 13.4 light-years
- 2MASSW J0920122+351742 14.0 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.