HD 183263 is 177 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G2 IV star; the first was found in 2004 by radial velocity (W. M. Keck Observatory).
Fly there in 3DHD 183263 c takes 12.8 years to go round its star once.
| Spectral type | G2 IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,948 K |
| Mass | 1.06 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.23 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.779 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 7.86 |
| Age | about 8.13 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 176.8 light-years (54.2 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 292.1023°, Dec 8.3579° |
| Constellation | Aquila |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD 183263 b | 624.9 days | 1.460 AU | 13.1 R⊕ estimated | 1103.2 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2004 |
| HD 183263 c | 12.8 years | 5.585 AU | 12.5 R⊕ estimated | 2959 M⊕ | Radial Velocity, 2008 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 5,948 K, 1.8 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.25 to 2.20 AU. 1 of its 2 known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 177 years ago, around 1850.