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Star · K0

HIP 100876

HIP 100876 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Delphinus, 1,445 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDelphinus
Distance1,445 light-years (443.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.44
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.79
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature4,670 K
Luminosity728 L☉
Radius41.2 R☉
Mass5.97 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 27m 14.2s
Declination (J2000)+20° 28′ 35″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.44). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 70° S. North of latitude 70° N 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 581. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 26 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 100876, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.06, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. 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.