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Star · K0IV

HIP 82355

HIP 82355 is a subgiant star of spectral type K0IV in the constellation Hercules, 572.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHercules
Distance572.7 light-years (175.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.18
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.04
Spectral typeK0IV
Surface temperature4,200 K
Luminosity208 L☉
Radius27.2 R☉
Mass4.17 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 49m 40.6s
Declination (J2000)+43° 25′ 50″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.18). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 47° S. North of latitude 47° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1453. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 10 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 82355, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.05, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Caelum. 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.