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Star · K0

HIP 100232

HIP 100232 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Aquila, 406.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquila
Distance406.4 light-years (124.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.05
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.57
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature4,530 K
Luminosity90.4 L☉
Radius15.4 R☉
Mass3.29 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 19m 43.3s
Declination (J2000)−1° 04′ 43″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)55.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.05). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 89° N. 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 1620. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 100232, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Open in the simulation

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