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Star · K5

HIP 86130

HIP 86130 is a supergiant star of spectral type K5 in the constellation Hercules, 448.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHercules
Distance448.9 light-years (137.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.40
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.71
Spectral typeK5
Surface temperature4,010 K
Luminosity127 L☉
Radius23.4 R☉
Mass3.63 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 36m 08.1s
Declination (J2000)+28° 11′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)40.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.40). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 62° S. North of latitude 62° 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 1577. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 86130, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Columba. 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.