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Star · G9III

HIP 61134

HIP 61134 is a giant star of spectral type G9III in the constellation Virgo, 421.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVirgo
Distance421.1 light-years (129.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.19
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.64
Spectral typeG9III
Surface temperature4,650 K
Luminosity79 L☉
Radius13.7 R☉
Mass3.17 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)12h 31m 38.7s
Declination (J2000)−5° 03′ 09″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.19). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 85° N. 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 1605. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 61134, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.38, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pisces. 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.