Star HD 112943

Orange star HD 112943 is located 89 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class K5.5V, that has typically about 70 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

HD 112943

Orange star, High proper motion star

Spectral class: K5.5V

Location

Right ascension: 13h 0m 16.136s

Declination: -2° 42' 17.111'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 36.633

Sun distance: 89.034 ly | 27.3 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 70 % M Sun (estimate)

Size: 60 % R Sun (estimate)

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 9.8

Absolute magnitude (V): 7.6

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

More about HD 112943

Nearby star HD 112943 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium.

       HD 112943 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
Gaia DR3 3685363487960149376

External sources

Simbad database (HD 112943)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 3685363487960149376)

Archive from the Gaia mission

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