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Star · K0 III

HD 111591

HD 111591 is a giant star of spectral type K0 III in the constellation Coma Berenices, 367.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

Other namesHIP 62653
ConstellationComa Berenices
Distance367.8 light-years (112.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.43
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.17
Spectral typeK0 III
Surface temperature4,880 K
Luminosity38.1 L☉
Radius8.03 R☉
Mass1.94 M☉
Age1.4 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.07
Right ascension (J2000)12h 50m 17.3s
Declination (J2000)+22° 51′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)65.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.43). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1658. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HD 111591, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.09, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.