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Star · G8III

HIP 101011

HIP 101011 is a giant star of spectral type G8III in the constellation Capricornus, 677.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCapricornus
Distance677.2 light-years (207.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.41
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.18
Spectral typeG8III
Surface temperature4,750 K
Luminosity157 L☉
Radius18.6 R☉
Mass3.85 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 28m 43.6s
Declination (J2000)−15° 44′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.41). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 74° N. South of latitude 74° 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 1349. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 101011, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.42, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cancer. 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.