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Star · F4V

HIP 23380

HIP 23380 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F4V in the constellation Camelopardalis, 115.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance115.2 light-years (35.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.03
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.29
Spectral typeF4V
Surface temperature6,630 K
Luminosity4.11 L☉
Radius1.53 R☉
Mass1.42 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 01m 36.1s
Declination (J2000)+61° 04′ 41″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.03). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 29° S. North of latitude 29° 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 1911. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 23380, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.57, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ara. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 21884 9.37 light-years
  • HIP 25222 9.55 light-years
  • HIP 22961 10.6 light-years
  • HIP 23532 11.0 light-years
  • HIP 23530 11.2 light-years
  • HIP 25354 13.3 light-years
  • Gl 171 14.5 light-years
  • GJ 1076 14.8 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.