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Star · A2III

HIP 24313

HIP 24313 is a giant star of spectral type A2III in the constellation Camelopardalis, 481.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationCamelopardalis
Distance481.1 light-years (147.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.17
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.33
Spectral typeA2III
Surface temperature9,740 K
Luminosity83.9 L☉
Radius3.21 R☉
Mass3.22 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 13m 02.8s
Declination (J2000)+61° 51′ 00″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)10.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.17). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 28° S. North of latitude 28° 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 1545. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 24313, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.67, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ara. 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.