HD 186302

HD 186302
Location of HD 186302 (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pavo
Right ascension 19h 49m 06.43036s
Declination −70° 11 16.7033
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.76±0.01
Characteristics
Spectral type G3/5 V
B−V color index 0.67
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−1.3±0.3 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −24.004 mas/yr
Dec.: −38.804 mas/yr
Parallax (π)17.6309±0.0147 mas
Distance185.0 ± 0.2 ly
(56.72 ± 0.05 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+5.11
Details
Mass0.97±0.01 M
Radius0.95±0.01 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.47±0.01 cgs
Temperature5,675±15 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.03 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.30 km/s
Age4.5±0.81 Gyr
Other designations
HD 186302, HIP 97507, 2MASS J19490644-7011167, CD−70°1724
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 186302 (also designated HIP 97507) is a star in the constellation of Pavo. It is 185 light-years (57 parsecs) away from Earth, with an apparent magnitude of 8.76. It was identified in November 2018 as a potential solar sibling to the Sun. Similar in spectrum and size, it was suspected to have formed in the same stellar nursery as the Sun 4.6 billion years ago. However, a common origin with the Sun was found to be unlikely in a 2019 paper, as HD 186302's galactic orbit is very different from the Sun's.