Qatar-6 is 329 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K2 V star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (Qatar).
Fly there in 3DQatar-6 b goes round its star every 3.51 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
Qatar-6 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Qatar-6 and its planets are drawn.
| Spectral type | K2 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,052 K |
| Mass | 0.822 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.722 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.306 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.496 |
| Age | about 1.02 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 328.9 light-years (100.8 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 222.2101°, Dec 22.1526° |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar-6 b | 3.51 days | 0.0423 AU | 11.904 R⊕ | 212.31 M⊕ | Transit, 2017 |
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 5,052 K, 0.31 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.55 to 0.99 AU. None of its 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 329 years ago, around 1700.