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Star · A4III

HIP 115510

HIP 115510 is a giant star of spectral type A4III in the constellation Grus, 408.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationGrus
Distance408.4 light-years (125.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.13
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.64
Spectral typeA4III
Surface temperature7,740 K
Luminosity48.9 L☉
Radius3.89 R☉
Mass2.76 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 23m 54.5s
Declination (J2000)−53° 48′ 31″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)49.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.13). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 36° N. South of latitude 36° 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 1618. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 115510, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.32, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.