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Star · K2

HIP 77454

HIP 77454 is a supergiant star of spectral type K2 in the constellation Norma, 685.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationNorma
Distance685.8 light-years (210.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.05
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.56
Spectral typeK2
Surface temperature3,980 K
Luminosity423 L☉
Radius43.4 R☉
Mass5.11 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)15h 48m 50.4s
Declination (J2000)−52° 26′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)21.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.05). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 38° N. South of latitude 38° S 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 1340. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 77454, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.44, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Perseus. 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.