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Star · B9V

HIP 23362

HIP 23362 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B9V in the constellation Lepus, 196.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLepus
Distance196.8 light-years (60.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.91
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.01
Spectral typeB9V
Surface temperature10,750 K
Luminosity52.6 L☉
Radius2.09 R☉
Mass2.82 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 01m 25.6s
Declination (J2000)−20° 03′ 07″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.91). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 70° N. South of latitude 70° S 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 1829. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 23362, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.73, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 23373 14.5 light-years
  • ε Lep 15.1 light-years
  • HIP 23554 15.6 light-years
  • HIP 22360 15.8 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.