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Star · G7III

HIP 53377

HIP 53377 is a giant star of spectral type G7III in the constellation Ursa Major, 328.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance328.1 light-years (100.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.73
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.72
Spectral typeG7III
Surface temperature4,670 K
Luminosity72.4 L☉
Radius13 R☉
Mass3.09 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 54m 58.2s
Declination (J2000)+34° 02′ 05″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)44.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.73). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 56° S. North of latitude 56° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1698. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 53377, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Piscis Austrinus. 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.