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Star · A0IV

HIP 22508

HIP 22508 is a subgiant star of spectral type A0IV in the constellation Camelopardalis, 577.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance577.2 light-years (177.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.36
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.12
Spectral typeA0IV
Surface temperature11,080 K
Luminosity125 L☉
Radius3.04 R☉
Mass3.61 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 50m 36.4s
Declination (J2000)+70° 56′ 30″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)20.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.36). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 19° S. North of latitude 19° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1449. 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 22508, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.07, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Apus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.