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Star · A1

HIP 115015

HIP 115015 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1 in the constellation Aquarius, 408.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAquarius
Distance408.9 light-years (125.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.33
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.84
Spectral typeA1
Surface temperature9,450 K
Luminosity50.1 L☉
Radius2.64 R☉
Mass2.78 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 17m 40.1s
Declination (J2000)−11° 42′ 47″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.33). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 78° N. South of latitude 78° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1617. 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 115015, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.32, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Leo. 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.