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Star · A3V

HIP 25790

HIP 25790 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3V in the constellation Orion, 339.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance339.5 light-years (104.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.93
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.84
Spectral typeA3V
Surface temperature9,000 K
Luminosity46.8 L☉
Radius2.81 R☉
Mass2.72 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 30m 26.2s
Declination (J2000)+15° 21′ 38″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.93). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 75° S. North of latitude 75° 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 1686. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 25790, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.92, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Serpens. 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.