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Star · K0

HIP 32177

HIP 32177 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Monoceros, 717.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationMonoceros
Distance717.8 light-years (220.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.18
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.53
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature4,010 K
Luminosity397 L☉
Radius41.3 R☉
Mass5.02 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 43m 06.6s
Declination (J2000)+3° 02′ 02″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.18). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 87° S. 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 1308. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 32177, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.54, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.