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Star · K5III

HIP 11415

HIP 11415 is a giant star of spectral type K5III in the constellation Aries, 473.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAries
Distance473.9 light-years (145.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.14
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.33
Spectral typeK5III
Surface temperature3,850 K
Luminosity215 L☉
Radius32.9 R☉
Mass4.21 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 27m 07.2s
Declination (J2000)+27° 00′ 45″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)73.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.14). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 63° S. North of latitude 63° N 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 1552. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 11415, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.64, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. 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.