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Star · K4III

HIP 75260

HIP 75260 is a giant star of spectral type K4III in the constellation Draco, 392.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance392.3 light-years (120.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.72
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.32
Spectral typeK4III
Surface temperature4,090 K
Luminosity165 L☉
Radius25.5 R☉
Mass3.91 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 22m 38.4s
Declination (J2000)+63° 20′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)69.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.72). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 27° S. North of latitude 27° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1634. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 75260, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.23, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Reticulum. 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.