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HIP 22157

HIP 22157 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A in the constellation Orion, 211.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance211.5 light-years (64.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.35
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.29
Spectral typeA
Surface temperature8,190 K
Luminosity28 L☉
Radius2.63 R☉
Mass2.35 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 46m 01.7s
Declination (J2000)+11° 42′ 20″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)45.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.35). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° 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 1815. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 22157, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 21672 12.2 light-years
  • π² Ori 13.5 light-years
  • HIP 22458 17.3 light-years
  • HIP 22566 18.4 light-years
  • HIP 21475 18.4 light-years

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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.