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Star · B1V

HIP 26197

HIP 26197 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B1V in the constellation Orion, 1,168 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance1,168 light-years (358.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.67
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −2.10
Spectral typeB1V
Surface temperature14,300 K
Luminosity1,640 L☉
Radius6.59 R☉
Mass7.53 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 35m 01.0s
Declination (J2000)−6° 00′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)47.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.67). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 84° 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 858. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 21 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 26197, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.60, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.