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Star · K0I

HIP 64437

HIP 64437 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0I in the constellation Camelopardalis, 698.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance698.2 light-years (214.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.25
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.40
Spectral typeK0I
Surface temperature4,850 K
Luminosity183 L☉
Radius19.1 R☉
Mass4.02 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 12m 25.4s
Declination (J2000)+80° 28′ 17″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.25). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 10° S. North of latitude 10° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1328. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 64437, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.48, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydrus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.