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Star · G0V

HIP 41653

HIP 41653 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0V in the constellation Carina, 653.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCarina
Distance653.4 light-years (200.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.36
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.15
Spectral typeG0V
Surface temperature5,280 K
Luminosity121 L☉
Radius13.1 R☉
Mass3.57 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 29m 36.4s
Declination (J2000)−55° 11′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.36). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 35° N. South of latitude 35° S it never sets. 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 1373. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 41653, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.34, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cygnus. 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.