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Star · F3V

HIP 10096

HIP 10096 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F3V in the constellation Phoenix, 227.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPhoenix
Distance227.3 light-years (69.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.49
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.27
Spectral typeF3V
Surface temperature6,720 K
Luminosity10.5 L☉
Radius2.38 R☉
Mass1.8 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 09m 48.5s
Declination (J2000)−40° 51′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)17.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.49). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 49° N. South of latitude 49° S 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 1799. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 10096, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.05, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Boötes. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 9209 11.3 light-years
  • HIP 11222 19.3 light-years

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.