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Star · K2

HIP 67104

HIP 67104 is a supergiant star of spectral type K2 in the constellation Boötes, 399.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationBoötes
Distance399.4 light-years (122.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.42
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.98
Spectral typeK2
Surface temperature4,260 K
Luminosity76.8 L☉
Radius16.1 R☉
Mass3.14 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)13h 45m 13.4s
Declination (J2000)+10° 19′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)44.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.42). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 80° S. North of latitude 80° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1627. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 67104, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.27, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. 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.