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Star · G8

HIP 84033

HIP 84033 is a giant star of spectral type G8 in the constellation Scorpius, 294.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationScorpius
Distance294.6 light-years (90.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.06
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.28
Spectral typeG8
Surface temperature5,090 K
Luminosity87.5 L☉
Radius12 R☉
Mass3.26 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 10m 42.3s
Declination (J2000)−44° 33′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.06). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 45° N. South of latitude 45° 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 1731. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 84033, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.61, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Auriga. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

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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.