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Star · K0

HIP 77287

HIP 77287 is a supergiant star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Libra, 714.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLibra
Distance714.9 light-years (219.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.24
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.46
Spectral typeK0
Surface temperature4,370 K
Luminosity264 L☉
Radius28.4 R☉
Mass4.47 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 46m 45.4s
Declination (J2000)−6° 07′ 13″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)53.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.24). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 84° N. 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 1311. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 77287, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.53, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Taurus. 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.