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Star · K1III

HIP 27353

HIP 27353 is a giant star of spectral type K1III in the constellation Taurus, 1,028 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTaurus
Distance1,028 light-years (315.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.48
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.01
Spectral typeK1III
Surface temperature4,320 K
Luminosity456 L☉
Radius38.1 R☉
Mass5.22 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 47m 34.7s
Declination (J2000)+25° 34′ 07″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.48). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 64° S. North of latitude 64° N 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 998. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 18 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 27353, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.32, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. 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.