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Star · A0V

HIP 13121

HIP 13121 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Aries, 518.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAries
Distance518.4 light-years (158.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.89
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.12
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature10,560 K
Luminosity143 L☉
Radius3.58 R☉
Mass3.75 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 48m 45.9s
Declination (J2000)+25° 11′ 17″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)47.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.89). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 65° S. North of latitude 65° N 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 1508. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 13121, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. 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.