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Star · G9III

HIP 27795

HIP 27795 is a giant star of spectral type G9III in the constellation Camelopardalis, 499.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance499.3 light-years (153.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.22
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.30
Spectral typeG9III
Surface temperature4,850 K
Luminosity96.1 L☉
Radius13.9 R☉
Mass3.35 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 52m 55.5s
Declination (J2000)+68° 28′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.22). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 22° S. North of latitude 22° 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 1527. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 27795, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.75, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Apus. 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.