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Star · F0V

HIP 26315

HIP 26315 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0V in the constellation Auriga, 384.1 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAuriga
Distance384.1 light-years (117.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.75
Spectral typeF0V
Surface temperature7,490 K
Luminosity43.7 L☉
Radius3.92 R☉
Mass2.67 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 36m 16.0s
Declination (J2000)+47° 42′ 55″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)19.6 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.10). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° 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 1642. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 26315, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.18, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ara. 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.