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Star · F2V

HIP 2383

HIP 2383 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2V in the constellation Phoenix, 167.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPhoenix
Distance167.3 light-years (51.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.67
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.12
Spectral typeF2V
Surface temperature7,060 K
Luminosity12.1 L☉
Radius2.32 R☉
Mass1.86 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)0h 30m 26.1s
Declination (J2000)−48° 12′ 54″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)73.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.67). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 42° N. South of latitude 42° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1859. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 2383, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.38, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canes Venatici. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • λ¹ Phe 9.51 light-years
  • HIP 1308 9.95 light-years
  • HIP 924 10.2 light-years
  • HD 564 11.5 light-years
  • HIP 3195 11.9 light-years
  • HIP 2282 12.2 light-years
  • HD 5388 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 1807 16.7 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.