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Star · A2V

HIP 25205

HIP 25205 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2V in the constellation Orion, 282.0 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance282.0 light-years (86.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.34
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.66
Spectral typeA2V
Surface temperature8,810 K
Luminosity21.6 L☉
Radius1.99 R☉
Mass2.18 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 23m 31.1s
Declination (J2000)+5° 19′ 23″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.34). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 85° S. 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 1744. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 25205, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.51, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

The catalogue has no other star within 20 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.