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Star · F2IV

HIP 22697

HIP 22697 is a subgiant star of spectral type F2IV in the constellation Taurus, 383.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationTaurus
Distance383.9 light-years (117.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.97
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.62
Spectral typeF2IV
Surface temperature7,060 K
Luminosity48.3 L☉
Radius4.65 R☉
Mass2.75 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 52m 47.1s
Declination (J2000)+27° 53′ 51″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)38.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.97). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 62° S. North of latitude 62° 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 1642. 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 22697, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.18, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Scorpius. 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.