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Star · K1III

HIP 112895

HIP 112895 is a giant star of spectral type K1III in the constellation Tucana, 417.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTucana
Distance417.7 light-years (128.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.93
Spectral typeK1III
Surface temperature4,450 K
Luminosity68.9 L☉
Radius14 R☉
Mass3.04 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 51m 45.0s
Declination (J2000)−59° 52′ 53″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.47). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 30° N. South of latitude 30° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1608. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 112895, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.37, 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.