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Star · M2III

HIP 9533

HIP 9533 is a giant star of spectral type M2III in the constellation Aries, 700.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAries
Distance700.7 light-years (214.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.97
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.69
Spectral typeM2III
Surface temperature3,670 K
Luminosity706 L☉
Radius65.7 R☉
Mass5.92 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 02m 35.1s
Declination (J2000)+13° 28′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)8.6 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 77° S. North of latitude 77° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1325. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 9533, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.49, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. 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.