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HD 122563

Star HD 122563

Red giant HD 122563 is located 1052 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star, that has typically about 120 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

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Sun distance
1052 light years

HD 122563

Red giant

Location +

Right ascension: 14h 2m 31.645s

Declination: 9° 41' 8.818'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 3.099

Sun distance: 1,052.436 ly | 322.7 pc

Basic characteristic

Temperature: 6000 K | 1.04 T Sun

Photometry

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 122563 system structure


	HD 122563

More about HD 122563

and temperature on its surface is around 6000 K (5727 °C), which is about 104 % of Sun's temperature.

       HD 122563 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
Gaia DR3 3723554268436602240

External sources

Unique chemical composition of the very metal-poor star LAMOST J1645+4357

Scientific study, Accepted: 04. 09. 2023

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 3723554268436602240)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is the HD 122563 system from the Sun?

The HD 122563 system is 1052 light years or 322.7 parsecs from the Sun.

What galaxy is the HD 122563 star in?

The HD 122563 is in the Milky Way galaxy just like the Sun.

How many stars are in the HD 122563 system?

The HD 122563 is a single star, there are no other known stars in the system.

What type of star is the HD 122563?

The star HD 122563 is a Red giant star.

What temperature is star HD 122563?

The star HD 122563 has an effective temperature of 6000 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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