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Star · K0III

HIP 107030

HIP 107030 is a giant star of spectral type K0III in the constellation Indus, 661.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationIndus
Distance661.4 light-years (202.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.33
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.21
Spectral typeK0III
Surface temperature4,600 K
Luminosity176 L☉
Radius20.9 R☉
Mass3.98 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 40m 33.7s
Declination (J2000)−55° 44′ 17″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.33). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 34° N. South of latitude 34° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1365. 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 107030, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.37, 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.