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Star · M3III

HIP 85760

HIP 85760 is a giant star of spectral type M3III in the constellation Apus, 786.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationApus
Distance786.3 light-years (241.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.83
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.08
Spectral typeM3III
Surface temperature3,630 K
Luminosity1,080 L☉
Radius83.4 R☉
Mass6.69 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 31m 27.5s
Declination (J2000)−80° 51′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)54.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.83). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 9° N. South of latitude 9° S it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1240. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 14 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 85760, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.74, 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.