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Star · G2III

HIP 65595

HIP 65595 is a giant star of spectral type G2III in the constellation Camelopardalis, 291.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance291.3 light-years (89.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.74
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.99
Spectral typeG2III
Surface temperature5,380 K
Luminosity41.3 L☉
Radius7.41 R☉
Mass2.63 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 26m 56.8s
Declination (J2000)+78° 38′ 38″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)62.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.74). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 11° S. North of latitude 11° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1735. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 65595, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.58, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydrus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

The catalogue has no other star within 20 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.