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Star · K2III

HIP 28413

HIP 28413 is a giant star of spectral type K2III in the constellation Orion, 333.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance333.4 light-years (102.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.53
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.52
Spectral typeK2III
Surface temperature4,300 K
Luminosity293 L☉
Radius30.8 R☉
Mass4.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 00m 03.4s
Declination (J2000)−3° 04′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)43.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.53). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 87° 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 1693. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 28413, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.88, 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.