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Star · B5V

HIP 16147

HIP 16147 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B5V in the constellation Perseus, 574.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance574.5 light-years (176.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.99
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.24
Spectral typeB5V
Surface temperature11,420 K
Luminosity464 L☉
Radius5.5 R☉
Mass5.25 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 28m 03.1s
Declination (J2000)+49° 03′ 46″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)28.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.99). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 41° S. North of latitude 41° 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 1452. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 10 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 16147, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.06, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. 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.