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Star · A2V

HIP 18201

HIP 18201 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2V in the constellation Taurus, 569.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTaurus
Distance569.1 light-years (174.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.35
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.14
Spectral typeA2V
Surface temperature8,930 K
Luminosity88.4 L☉
Radius3.93 R☉
Mass3.27 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 53m 34.5s
Declination (J2000)+25° 40′ 58″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)36.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.35). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 64° S. North of latitude 64° 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 1457. 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 18201, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.04, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Scorpius. 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.