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Star · A3V

HIP 15353

HIP 15353 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3V in the constellation Reticulum, 195.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationReticulum
Distance195.9 light-years (60.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.03
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.14
Spectral typeA3V
Surface temperature8,720 K
Luminosity13.7 L☉
Radius1.62 R☉
Mass1.92 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 17m 59.1s
Declination (J2000)−66° 55′ 37″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)30.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.03). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 23° N. South of latitude 23° S 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 1830. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 15353, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ursa Minor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 12988 10.7 light-years
  • HIP 13511 14.0 light-years
  • HIP 15155 14.8 light-years
  • HIP 12766 16.0 light-years
  • HIP 12884 17.7 light-years
  • HIP 17970 18.7 light-years
  • γ Hor 19.6 light-years
  • HD 25171 19.7 light-years

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.