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Star · G8II

HIP 19412

HIP 19412 is a bright giant star of spectral type G8II in the constellation Camelopardalis, 1,235 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance1,235 light-years (378.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.29
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.60
Spectral typeG8II
Surface temperature4,490 K
Luminosity689 L☉
Radius43.4 R☉
Mass5.88 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 09m 27.6s
Declination (J2000)+59° 54′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.29). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 30° S. North of latitude 30° 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 791. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 22 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 19412, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Norma. 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.