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Star · K0

HIP 7362

HIP 7362 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Cetus, 905.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCetus
Distance905.2 light-years (277.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.44
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.78
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature4,050 K
Luminosity474 L☉
Radius44.3 R☉
Mass5.28 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 34m 51.3s
Declination (J2000)−3° 31′ 26″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)45.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.44). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1121. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 7362, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.05, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. 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.