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HD 209458
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Star HD 209458

Yellow star HD 209458 is located 159 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class G0V, that has 123 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.
Sun distance
159 light years

HD 209458

Spectral class: G0V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 22h 3m 10.773s
Declination iconDeclination: 18° 53' 3.55'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 20.47
Distance iconSun distance: 159.334 ly | 48.9 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 123 % M Sun | 1289 M Jupiter
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Size: 119 % R Sun | 11.8 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 6091 K | 1.05 T Sun
time iconAge: 3.5 billions years | 0.76 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 1.77 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 7.7
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 4.2
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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 209458 system structure

HD 209458
HD 209458 b 0.05 AU 232.1 M 15.6 R 3.5 days
More about HD 209458
Star HD 209458 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is is approximately 19 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 6091 K (5818 °C), which is about 105 % of Sun's temperature.
       HD 209458 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
BD +18°4917, SAO 107623, V376 Peg, HIC 108859, HIP 108859, 2MASS J22031077+1853036, TIC 420814525, TYC 1688-1821-1
External sources
icon study
Hot Jupiters are asynchronous rotators
Scientific study, Accepted: 11. 09. 2024
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