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Star · G8II

HIP 41325

HIP 41325 is a bright giant star of spectral type G8II in the constellation Cancer, 416.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCancer
Distance416.2 light-years (127.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.13
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.40
Spectral typeG8II
Surface temperature4,910 K
Luminosity178 L☉
Radius18.4 R☉
Mass3.99 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 25m 54.8s
Declination (J2000)+7° 33′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.13). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 82° S. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1610. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 41325, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.36, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquila. 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.