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Star · K4III

HIP 89370

HIP 89370 is a giant star of spectral type K4III in the constellation Pavo, 523.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPavo
Distance523.3 light-years (160.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.47
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.44
Spectral typeK4III
Surface temperature3,930 K
Luminosity177 L☉
Radius28.7 R☉
Mass3.98 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 14m 16.3s
Declination (J2000)−63° 41′ 23″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)65.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.47). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 26° N. South of latitude 26° 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 1503. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 89370, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.86, 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.