Star HD 162283

Orange star HD 162283 is located 72 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class K7V, that has typically about 70 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

HD 162283

Orange star (spectral class K7V)

Location

Right ascension: 17h 50m 34.009s

Declination: -6° 3' 3.16'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 45.017

Sun distance: 72.452 ly | 22.2 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 70 % M Sun (estimate)

Size: 60 % R Sun (estimate)

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 10.2

Absolute magnitude (V): 8.4

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 162283

Nearby star HD 162283 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium.

      HD 162283 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 EDR3 4175058204312299904

External sources

Simbad database (HD 162283)

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

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 4175058204312299904)

Archive from the Gaia mission

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