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Star · A2

HIP 25045

HIP 25045 is a giant star of spectral type A2 in the constellation Lepus, 372.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLepus
Distance372.6 light-years (114.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.06
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.23
Spectral typeA2
Surface temperature5,730 K
Luminosity116 L☉
Radius10.9 R☉
Mass3.53 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 21m 46.2s
Declination (J2000)−24° 46′ 23″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.06). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 65° N. South of latitude 65° 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 1653. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 25045, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.12, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. 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.