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Star · G7III

HIP 86575

HIP 86575 is a giant star of spectral type G7III in the constellation Ophiuchus, 971.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOphiuchus
Distance971.0 light-years (297.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.97
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.40
Spectral typeG7III
Surface temperature4,170 K
Luminosity743 L☉
Radius52.1 R☉
Mass6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)17h 41m 32.3s
Declination (J2000)+6° 18′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.97). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° S. 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 1055. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 17 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 86575, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.20, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Orion. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.