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Star · M0III

HIP 82672

HIP 82672 is a giant star of spectral type M0III in the constellation Ara, 632.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAra
Distance632.4 light-years (193.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.91
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.53
Spectral typeM0III
Surface temperature3,660 K
Luminosity618 L☉
Radius61.8 R☉
Mass5.7 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 54m 00.4s
Declination (J2000)−57° 54′ 34″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)127.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.91). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 32° N. South of latitude 32° S 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 1394. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 82672, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.27, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Camelopardalis. 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.