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Star · G9III

HIP 14392

HIP 14392 is a giant star of spectral type G9III in the constellation Perseus, 242.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance242.1 light-years (74.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.75
Spectral typeG9III
Surface temperature4,630 K
Luminosity28.7 L☉
Radius8.33 R☉
Mass2.37 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 05m 40.2s
Declination (J2000)+56° 04′ 08″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.10). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 34° S. North of latitude 34° 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 1784. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 14392, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.18, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Circinus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 14796 13.3 light-years
  • HIP 15492 13.8 light-years
  • γ Per 15.4 light-years
  • HIP 16599 18.4 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.