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Star · A4III

HIP 19823

HIP 19823 is a giant star of spectral type A4III in the constellation Camelopardalis, 2,119 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance2,119 light-years (649.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.06
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −3.00
Spectral typeA4III
Surface temperature5,970 K
Luminosity1,430 L☉
Radius35.4 R☉
Mass7.24 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 15m 01.8s
Declination (J2000)+57° 27′ 37″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)17.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.06). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 33° S. North of latitude 33° 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 94 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 38 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 19823, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Norma. 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.