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Star · K0III

HIP 69107

HIP 69107 is a giant star of spectral type K0III in the constellation Ursa Major, 445.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance445.4 light-years (136.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.79
Spectral typeK0III
Surface temperature4,690 K
Luminosity66.6 L☉
Radius12.4 R☉
Mass3.01 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)14h 08m 46.0s
Declination (J2000)+59° 20′ 15″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)81.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.47). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 31° S. North of latitude 31° 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 1581. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 69107, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.51, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydrus. 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.