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HIP 23041

HIP 23041 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2 in the constellation Orion, 291.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance291.0 light-years (89.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.25
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.50
Spectral typeF2
Surface temperature6,760 K
Luminosity21.4 L☉
Radius3.37 R☉
Mass2.18 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 57m 17.2s
Declination (J2000)−1° 04′ 02″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)24.5 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 89° N. 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 1735. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 23041, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.58, 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 23930 17.4 light-years
  • HIP 22189 18.6 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.