Star HD 142666

Yellow-White star HD 142666 is located 477 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class F0V_sh B, that has typically about 130 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

HD 142666

Yellow-White star (spectral class F0V_sh B)

Location

Right ascension: 15h 56m 40.014s

Declination: -22° 1' 40.359'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 6.838

Sun distance: 477.009 ly | 146.3 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 120 % M Sun (estimate)

Size: 190 % R Sun (estimate)

1 exoplanet

HD 142666 b

unconfirmed

75 AU

1589.5 M⊕

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 8.8

Absolute magnitude (V): 3

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 142666

Star HD 142666 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium.

      HD 142666 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 6243489715051060480, 2MASS J15564002-2201400, TIC 220764844, TYC 6199-618-1, V1026 Sco, WISEA J155640.01-220140.0

External sources

Kinematic Evidence of an Embedded Protoplanet in HD 142666 Identified by Machine Learning

Scientific study, Submitted: 12. 01. 2023

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