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Star · F0III

HIP 27118

HIP 27118 is a giant star of spectral type F0III in the constellation Orion, 192.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance192.9 light-years (59.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.09
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.23
Spectral typeF0III
Surface temperature7,340 K
Luminosity11 L☉
Radius2.05 R☉
Mass1.82 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 45m 01.8s
Declination (J2000)+4° 00′ 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 6.09). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 86° S. 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 1833. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 27118, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.69, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 28428 14.9 light-years
  • HIP 28940 18.4 light-years
  • HIP 25435 18.9 light-years
  • HIP 27161 19.0 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.