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Star · F2

HIP 108347

HIP 108347 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2 in the constellation Grus, 409.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationGrus
Distance409.6 light-years (125.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.18
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.69
Spectral typeF2
Surface temperature7,330 K
Luminosity45.7 L☉
Radius4.19 R☉
Mass2.71 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 57m 02.2s
Declination (J2000)−37° 44′ 49″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)6.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.18). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 52° N. South of latitude 52° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1616. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 108347, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.32, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Leo Minor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.