Star · K3.5 V
Wolf 503
Wolf 503 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3.5 V in the constellation Virgo, 145.6 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 67285 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 145.6 light-years (44.6 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.27 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 7.02 |
| Spectral type | K3.5 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,720 K |
| Luminosity | 0.211 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.689 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.688 M☉ |
| Age | 11.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.47 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 47m 23.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | −6° 08′ 13″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 148.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.27. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 84° N. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1880. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Wolf 503, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.08, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Wolf 503 b 6-day orbit · 2.04 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 67967 7.97 light-years
- WISE J135307.51-085712.0 10.7 light-years
- HIP 66987 11.7 light-years
- HIP 67412 12.0 light-years
- HIP 68107 12.5 light-years
- HIP 68116 13.5 light-years
- NLTT 35593B 15.2 light-years
- HIP 67166 15.3 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.