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Star · B8V

HIP 14764

HIP 14764 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B8V in the constellation Aries, 439.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAries
Distance439.7 light-years (134.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.97
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.32
Spectral typeB8V
Surface temperature10,960 K
Luminosity102 L☉
Radius2.81 R☉
Mass3.41 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 10m 38.8s
Declination (J2000)+11° 52′ 21″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)30.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.97). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1586. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 14764, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.48, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Libra. 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.