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Star · G0

HIP 13257

HIP 13257 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0 in the constellation Perseus, 200.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance200.2 light-years (61.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.44
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.50
Spectral typeG0
Surface temperature5,900 K
Luminosity9.08 L☉
Radius2.88 R☉
Mass1.74 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 50m 35.3s
Declination (J2000)+36° 56′ 54″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)37.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.44). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 53° S. North of latitude 53° 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 1826. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 13257, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.77, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • 20 Per 6.45 light-years
  • HIP 12314 15.8 light-years
  • HD 16760 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 14137 18.5 light-years
  • HIP 14134 18.6 light-years
  • HIP 15329 19.9 light-years

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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.