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HD 94890

Star HD 94890

Red giant HD 94890 is located 208 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class K0III, that has 174 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.

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Sun distance
208 light years

HD 94890

Red giant

Spectral class: K0III

Location +

Right ascension: 10h 56m 43.157s

Declination: -37° 8' 17.954'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 15.713

Sun distance: 207.568 ly | 63.6 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 174 % M Sun

Size: 1071 % R Sun

Temperature: 4867 K | 0.84 T Sun

Luminosity: 58.01 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 4.6

Absolute magnitude (V): 0.6

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

HD 94890 system structure


HD 94890
	HD 94890 b	2.07 AU	677.1 M⊕	824.6 days
	HD 94890 c	4.33 AU	2829.4 M⊕	2492.2 days

More about HD 94890

Star HD 94890 is is approximately 11 times bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 4867 K (4594 °C), which is about 84 % of Sun's temperature.

       HD 94890 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
Iota Antliae, Iot Ant, ι Ant, CD−36 6808, CPD−36 4700, FK5 414, HIP 53502, HR 4273, SAO 201927, PPM 288317, Gaia DR3 5394951821153092864

External sources

CORALIE radial-velocity search for companions around evolved stars (CASCADES) IV: New planetary systems around HD 87816, HD 94890, and HD 102888 and an update on HD 121056

Scientific study, Accepted: 20. 05. 2025

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 5394951821153092864)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is the HD 94890 system from the Sun?

The HD 94890 system is 208 light years or 63.6 parsecs from the Sun.

What galaxy is the HD 94890 star in?

The HD 94890 is in the Milky Way galaxy just like the Sun.

How many stars are in the HD 94890 system?

The HD 94890 is a single star, there are no other known stars in the system.

What type of star is the HD 94890?

The star HD 94890 is a Red giant star.

What temperature is star HD 94890?

The star HD 94890 has an effective temperature of 4867 K. Find out more about the temperature of stars in Stellar guide

Class of stars Red giant

White dwarfs are the hot, extremely dense stellar remnants left behind by stars that originally had masses between about 0.5 and 8 times the mass of the Sun during their main sequence lifetimes. After exhausting their nuclear fuel, these stars shed their outer layers and leave behind a compact core. Although white dwarfs contain between roughly 0.2 and 1.44 solar masses, this mass is packed into a volume comparable to that of an Earth-sized planet, making them some of the densest objects in the Universe.

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