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Star · K0III

HIP 100165

HIP 100165 is a giant star of spectral type K0III in the constellation Pavo, 421.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPavo
Distance421.0 light-years (129.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.27
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.72
Spectral typeK0III
Surface temperature4,640 K
Luminosity73.8 L☉
Radius13.3 R☉
Mass3.1 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 19m 03.0s
Declination (J2000)−63° 13′ 51″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)46.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.27). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 27° N. South of latitude 27° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1605. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 100165, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.38, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. 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.