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Star · K0III

HIP 29025

HIP 29025 is a giant star of spectral type K0III in the constellation Auriga, 925.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAuriga
Distance925.8 light-years (283.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.15
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.12
Spectral typeK0III
Surface temperature4,300 K
Luminosity509 L☉
Radius40.5 R☉
Mass5.39 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 07m 26.8s
Declination (J2000)+41° 51′ 15″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.15). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 48° S. North of latitude 48° 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 1100. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 29025, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.10, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Corona Australis. 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.