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Star · G8III

HIP 13339

HIP 13339 is a giant star of spectral type G8III in the constellation Perseus, 387.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance387.9 light-years (118.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.86
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.48
Spectral typeG8III
Surface temperature4,990 K
Luminosity75.8 L☉
Radius11.7 R☉
Mass3.13 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 51m 41.7s
Declination (J2000)+46° 50′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.86). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 43° S. North of latitude 43° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1638. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 13339, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.21, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. 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.