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Star · G5

HIP 8152

HIP 8152 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5 in the constellation Cetus, 331.7 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCetus
Distance331.7 light-years (101.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 10.07
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.03
Spectral typeG5
Surface temperature5,620 K
Luminosity0.831 L☉
Radius0.96 R☉
Mass0.937 M☉
Age6.0 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.01
Right ascension (J2000)1h 44m 50.3s
Declination (J2000)−18° 24′ 03″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)79.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.07. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 72° N. South of latitude 72° S it never sets. 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 1694. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.9 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 8152, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.87, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Boötes. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.