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Star · K3III

HIP 52136

HIP 52136 is a giant star of spectral type K3III in the constellation Ursa Major, 481.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance481.1 light-years (147.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.55
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.29
Spectral typeK3III
Surface temperature4,180 K
Luminosity268 L☉
Radius31.3 R☉
Mass4.49 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 39m 05.7s
Declination (J2000)+53° 40′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)93.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.55). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 36° S. North of latitude 36° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1545. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 52136, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.67, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Grus. 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.