Star TOI 266

Yellow star TOI 266 is located 332 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star, that has 94 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

TOI 266

Yellow star

Location

Right ascension: 1h 44m 50.226s

Declination: -18° 24' 5.039'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 9.834

Sun distance: 331.666 ly | 101.7 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 94 % M Sun

Size: 96 % R Sun

Temperature: 5617 K | 0.97 T Sun

Age: 6 billions years | 1.3 Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 10.1

Absolute magnitude (V): 5

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).

TOI 266 system structure


	TOI 266
		TOI 266 b	n/a	8.9 M⊕	2.7 R⊕	10.8 days

More about TOI 266

Star TOI 266 is approximately 100 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 5617 K (5344 °C), which is about 97 % of Sun's temperature.

       TOI 266 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.

External sources

The TESS-Keck Survey. XV. Precise Properties of 108 TESS Planets and Their Host Stars

Scientific study, Accepted: 01. 06. 2023

TESS database (TOI 266.01)

Archive from the TESS mission

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