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Star · M0

HIP 115530

HIP 115530 is a supergiant star of spectral type M0 in the constellation Andromeda, 1,413 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance1,413 light-years (433.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.37
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.81
Spectral typeM0
Surface temperature3,510 K
Luminosity2,560 L☉
Radius136 R☉
Mass8.55 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 24m 08.9s
Declination (J2000)+41° 36′ 46″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)28.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.37). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 48° S. North of latitude 48° N 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 613. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 25 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 115530, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.01, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. 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.