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Star · A7IV

HIP 17475

HIP 17475 is a subgiant star of spectral type A7IV in the constellation Perseus, 474.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPerseus
Distance474.1 light-years (145.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.29
Spectral typeA7IV
Surface temperature7,520 K
Luminosity66.6 L☉
Radius4.81 R☉
Mass3.02 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 44m 40.9s
Declination (J2000)+46° 05′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.10). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° 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 1552. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 17475, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.64, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lupus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.