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Star · K5III

14 Tri

14 Tri is a giant star of spectral type K5III in the constellation Triangulum, 433.0 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 11784
ConstellationTriangulum
Distance433.0 light-years (132.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.15
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.47
Spectral typeK5III
Surface temperature3,840 K
Luminosity457 L☉
Radius48.4 R☉
Mass5.23 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 32m 06.2s
Declination (J2000)+36° 08′ 50″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)49.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.15). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 54° S. North of latitude 54° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1593. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 14 Tri, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.45, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.