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Star · F3V

HIP 15357

HIP 15357 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F3V in the constellation Fornax, 191.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationFornax
Distance191.2 light-years (58.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.93
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.09
Spectral typeF3V
Surface temperature7,230 K
Luminosity12.5 L☉
Radius2.25 R☉
Mass1.88 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 18m 02.6s
Declination (J2000)−28° 47′ 50″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)58.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.93). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 61° N. South of latitude 61° 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 1835. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 15357, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.67, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Corona Borealis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 16858 14.5 light-years
  • HIP 16860 14.5 light-years
  • HIP 16943 14.7 light-years
  • WISEA J025954.88-314655.6 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 14989 19.6 light-years
  • HIP 14551 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.