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Star · M4III

HIP 57613

HIP 57613 is a giant star of spectral type M4III in the constellation Hydra, 467.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHydra
Distance467.5 light-years (143.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.68
Spectral typeM4III
Surface temperature3,660 K
Luminosity715 L☉
Radius66.6 R☉
Mass5.94 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 48m 45.1s
Declination (J2000)−26° 44′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.10). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 63° N. South of latitude 63° 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 1559. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 57613, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.61, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. 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.