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Star · G8III

HIP 29575

HIP 29575 is a giant star of spectral type G8III in the constellation Orion, 331.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance331.7 light-years (101.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.83
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.79
Spectral typeG8III
Surface temperature4,970 K
Luminosity57.4 L☉
Radius10.2 R☉
Mass2.89 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 13m 54.2s
Declination (J2000)−3° 44′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)53.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.83). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° 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 1694. 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 29575, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.87, 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.