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Star · K5III

HIP 25329

HIP 25329 is a giant star of spectral type K5III in the constellation Orion, 587.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance587.3 light-years (180.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.60
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.68
Spectral typeK5III
Surface temperature3,730 K
Luminosity641 L☉
Radius60.6 R☉
Mass5.76 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 25m 01.7s
Declination (J2000)−10° 19′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)58.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.60). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 80° N. South of latitude 80° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1439. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 10 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 25329, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.11, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. 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.