Your Eyes In Space Open the simulation

Star · G7III

HIP 54029

HIP 54029 is a giant star of spectral type G7III in the constellation Crater, 314.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCrater
Distance314.8 light-years (96.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.51
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.59
Spectral typeG7III
Surface temperature4,900 K
Luminosity71.9 L☉
Radius11.8 R☉
Mass3.08 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 03m 14.9s
Declination (J2000)−11° 18′ 13″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)62.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.51). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 79° N. South of latitude 79° S 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 1711. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 54029, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.75, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 54315 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 54172 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 54737 18.8 light-years

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.