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HIP 11348

HIP 11348 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A in the constellation Cetus, 258.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCetus
Distance258.8 light-years (79.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.88
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.38
Spectral typeA
Surface temperature8,880 K
Luminosity28 L☉
Radius2.24 R☉
Mass2.35 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 26m 00.3s
Declination (J2000)−15° 20′ 29″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)28.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.88). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 75° N. South of latitude 75° 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 1767. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 11348, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.33, 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 11013 6.74 light-years
  • HIP 11398 8.34 light-years
  • TOI-4363 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 11640 15.4 light-years
  • HIP 12554 17.0 light-years
  • HIP 12381 18.1 light-years
  • HIP 12341 18.4 light-years

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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.