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Star · G8II

HIP 4382

HIP 4382 is a bright giant star of spectral type G8II in the constellation Pisces, 462.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPisces
Distance462.2 light-years (141.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.46
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.70
Spectral typeG8II
Surface temperature4,840 K
Luminosity66.7 L☉
Radius11.6 R☉
Mass3.02 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)0h 56m 09.1s
Declination (J2000)+13° 57′ 07″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)6.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.46). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1564. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 4382, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.59, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Corvus. 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.