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Star · G6III

HIP 58810

HIP 58810 is a giant star of spectral type G6III in the constellation Musca, 909.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationMusca
Distance909.2 light-years (278.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.44
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.79
Spectral typeG6III
Surface temperature4,310 K
Luminosity373 L☉
Radius34.6 R☉
Mass4.93 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 03m 44.5s
Declination (J2000)−74° 12′ 51″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.44). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 16° N. South of latitude 16° 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 1117. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 58810, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.06, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cepheus. 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.