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HD 66141

Star HD 66141

Red giant HD 66141 is located 260 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class K2IIIbFe-0.5:, that has 98 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

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Sun distance
260 light years

HD 66141

Red giant

Spectral class: K2IIIbFe-0.5:

Location +

Right ascension: 8h 2m 15.909s

Declination: 2° 20' 6.149'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 12.523

Sun distance: 260.437 ly | 79.9 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 98 % M Sun

Size: 2300 % R Sun

Temperature: 4521 K | 0.78 T Sun

Age: 9.2 billions years | 2 Sun

Luminosity: 199 L Sun

Photometry

Absolute magnitude (V): -4.5

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 66141 system structure


	HD 66141
		HD 66141 b	1.2 AU	7311.9 M⊕		480.7 days

More about HD 66141

Star HD 66141 is is much bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 4521 K (4248 °C), which is about 78 % of Sun's temperature.

       HD 66141 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
G Canis Minoris, G CMi, 13 Puppis (obsolete), NSV 17713, BD+02°1854, FK5 2623, GC 10891, HD 66141, HIP 39311, HR 3145, SAO 116260, CCDM 08022+0221, WDS J08023+0220A, Gaia DR3 3087964941891149952

External sources

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 3087964941891149952)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is the HD 66141 system from the Sun?

The HD 66141 system is 260 light years or 79.9 parsecs from the Sun.

What galaxy is the HD 66141 star in?

The HD 66141 is in the Milky Way galaxy just like the Sun.

How many stars are in the HD 66141 system?

The HD 66141 is a single star, there are no other known stars in the system.

What type of star is the HD 66141?

The star HD 66141 is a Red giant star.

What temperature is star HD 66141?

The star HD 66141 has an effective temperature of 4521 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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