Komondor
HAT-P-12
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Star
- Distance from Earth
- 142.751 pc (≈ 465.6 light-years)
- Spectral type
- K4
- Surface temperature
- 4,650 K
- Designation
- HAT-P-12
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Hungarian
- Name origin (IAU)
- The Komondor is a large white Hungarian breed of livestock guardian dog.
Source:NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 466 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1560 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 12.7 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Its IAU name «Komondor» comes from Hungarian (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.