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Star · A7III

HIP 28765

HIP 28765 is a giant star of spectral type A7III in the constellation Auriga, 410.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAuriga
Distance410.7 light-years (125.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.39
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.89
Spectral typeA7III
Surface temperature8,190 K
Luminosity40.6 L☉
Radius3.16 R☉
Mass2.62 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 04m 29.1s
Declination (J2000)+51° 34′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.39). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 38° S. North of latitude 38° 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 1615. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 28765, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.33, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ara. 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.