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Star · A4V

HIP 18275

HIP 18275 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A4V in the constellation Dorado, 380.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationDorado
Distance380.6 light-years (116.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.46
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.12
Spectral typeA4V
Surface temperature8,500 K
Luminosity33.8 L☉
Radius2.68 R☉
Mass2.48 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)3h 54m 34.0s
Declination (J2000)−52° 41′ 25″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.46). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 37° N. South of latitude 37° 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 1645. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 18275, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.17, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. 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.