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Star · A2

HIP 26054

HIP 26054 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2 in the constellation Auriga, 310.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAuriga
Distance310.4 light-years (95.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.50
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.61
Spectral typeA2
Surface temperature9,090 K
Luminosity23.4 L☉
Radius1.95 R☉
Mass2.24 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 33m 27.4s
Declination (J2000)+32° 48′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)48.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.50). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 57° S. North of latitude 57° 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 1716. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 26054, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.72, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Scorpius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 25361 19.3 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.