The fourth planet of its star, HIP 11915 (also known as HD 16008), Tarn is one of two in its Goldilocks Zone, the range where liquid water exists. Both Tarn and Zweelot, its closest neighbor in space, are inhabited terrestrial (rocky) planets. HIP 11915 is slightly less metallic than Sol. It is approximately the same age.
HIP 11915 has ten planets, seven of them visible from Tarn.
The star can be found in Cetus at Right Ascension 2h 33′ 49.26″ and Declination -19° 36′ 42.5″. Its apparent magnitude is 8.58, but its absolute magnitude of 4.83 is similar to Sol. Its spectral type is G5V. Its distance from Earth is 175 ly (18.63 parallax), a distance of 53.7 parsecs. Its mass and radius are approximately the same as the Sun’s and it is not a variable star. The temperature is 5760 K
This is a view of HIP 11915 taken from an approaching spaceship, 1 AU (about the distance of Earth):
HIP915 from 400 AU.
Looking toward the Sun (very faint) from HIP 915:
The Sun is in Aquarius when looking from HIP 915.
Wiki Article about HIP_11915, Ceti star most like the Sun.
The star also has several gas giants. The largest, known as HIP 11915 b, is a known exoplanet, a gas giant similar to Sol’s Jupiter.
