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Star · G5

HIP 26149

HIP 26149 is a supergiant star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Orion, 858.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance858.3 light-years (263.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.25
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.85
Spectral typeG5
Surface temperature4,750 K
Luminosity292 L☉
Radius25.2 R☉
Mass4.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 34m 29.3s
Declination (J2000)−0° 00′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)13.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.25). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. 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 1168. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 15 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 26149, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.93, 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.