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Star · K4III

HIP 90647

HIP 90647 is a giant star of spectral type K4III in the constellation Draco, 459.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance459.3 light-years (140.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.65
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.09
Spectral typeK4III
Surface temperature4,320 K
Luminosity195 L☉
Radius24.9 R☉
Mass4.1 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 29m 45.0s
Declination (J2000)+77° 32′ 49″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)3.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.65). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 12° S. North of latitude 12° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1567. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 90647, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.57, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Mensa. 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.