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HD 106906
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Star HD 106906

Binary star HD 106906 is located 334 light years away from the Sun. It consists of 2 yellow-white star stars. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.
Sun distance
334 light years
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HD 106906 A

Yellow-White star (spectral class F5V)

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 12h 17m 53.126s
Declination iconDeclination: -55° 58' 32.096'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 9.767
Distance iconSun distance: 333.928 ly | 102.4 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 150 % M Sun | 1571 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 170 % R Sun | 16.9 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 6798 K | 1.18 T Sun
time iconAge: 0.013 billions years | 0 Sun

1 exoplanet

 HD 106906 A b 850 AU 3497 M⊕ 16.8 R⊕ -

Photometry

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35
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
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

HD 106906 B

Yellow-White star

Basic characteristic

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

5
10
15
20
25
30
35
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
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
More about HD 106906
      HD 106906 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope.
Other designations of this star
2MASS J12175319-5558319, HIP 59960, TYC 8637-2434-1, TIC 390472975, WISE J121753.15-555831.9, BYV 1A, Gaia DR3 6072902994276659200
External sources
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Atmospheric Retrieval of L Dwarfs: Benchmarking Results and Characterizing the Young Planetary Mass Companion HD 106906 b in the Near-Infrared
Scientific study, Accepted: 18. 09. 2023
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