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Star · A4

HIP 101044

HIP 101044 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A4 in the constellation Draco, 320.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDraco
Distance320.6 light-years (98.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.19
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.23
Spectral typeA4
Surface temperature8,460 K
Luminosity30.6 L☉
Radius2.58 R☉
Mass2.42 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)20h 29m 02.9s
Declination (J2000)+83° 37′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.19). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 6° S. North of latitude 6° N it never sets.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1705. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 101044, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.79, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Octans. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 99107 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 99560 18.0 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.