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Star · G8III

HIP 1354

HIP 1354 is a giant star of spectral type G8III in the constellation Cassiopeia, 678.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCassiopeia
Distance678.4 light-years (208.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.74
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.85
Spectral typeG8III
Surface temperature5,000 K
Luminosity257 L☉
Radius21.4 R☉
Mass4.44 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)0h 16m 57.0s
Declination (J2000)+61° 31′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)7.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.74). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 28° S. North of latitude 28° 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 1348. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 1354, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.42, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Crux. 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.