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Star · A2

HIP 21110

HIP 21110 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2 in the constellation Eridanus, 320.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationEridanus
Distance320.1 light-years (98.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.25
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.29
Spectral typeA2
Surface temperature9,170 K
Luminosity31.7 L☉
Radius2.23 R☉
Mass2.44 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 31m 25.8s
Declination (J2000)−13° 38′ 39″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.25). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 76° N. South of latitude 76° 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 1706. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 21110, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.79, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

The catalogue has no other star within 20 light-years.

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.