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Star · G5III

HIP 80793

HIP 80793 is a giant star of spectral type G5III in the constellation Ophiuchus, 357.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOphiuchus
Distance357.7 light-years (109.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.66
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.46
Spectral typeG5III
Surface temperature5,210 K
Luminosity70.7 L☉
Radius10.3 R☉
Mass3.07 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 29m 46.9s
Declination (J2000)−14° 33′ 03″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.66). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 75° N. South of latitude 75° 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 1668. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 80793, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.03, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Taurus. 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.