K-type star · orange dwarf
HIP 56998
4675 K
temperature
0.63 R☉
radius
0.65 M☉
mass
0.165 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 41.7 ly away
At light speed, about 42 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
0.63×
the Sun's width
0.65×
the Sun's mass
0.17×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →HD 101581 bRocky world · ESI 0.340.96 R⊕ · 4.5 days year
- Explore →HD 101581 cRocky world · ESI 0.390.99 R⊕ · 6.2 days year
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 7.8To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from HIP 56998's temperature, not a photograph.