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Star · K0

HIP 5175

HIP 5175 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Pisces, 543.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPisces
Distance543.3 light-years (166.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.17
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature4,110 K
Luminosity187 L☉
Radius27 R☉
Mass4.05 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 06m 11.2s
Declination (J2000)+32° 10′ 53″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.28). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° 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 1483. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 5175, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.94, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. 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.