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Star · G8III

HIP 10111

HIP 10111 is a giant star of spectral type G8III in the constellation Phoenix, 421.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPhoenix
Distance421.7 light-years (129.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.76
Spectral typeG8III
Surface temperature5,000 K
Luminosity58.3 L☉
Radius10.2 R☉
Mass2.9 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 10m 04.8s
Declination (J2000)−43° 48′ 56″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)50.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.32). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 46° N. South of latitude 46° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1604. 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 10111, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.39, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Boötes. 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.