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Star · B8

HIP 25187

HIP 25187 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B8 in the constellation Orion, 460.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance460.0 light-years (141.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.99
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.24
Spectral typeB8
Surface temperature10,610 K
Luminosity104 L☉
Radius3.01 R☉
Mass3.42 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 23m 18.5s
Declination (J2000)−8° 24′ 56″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.99). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 82° N. 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 1566. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 25187, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.58, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. 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.