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Star · F0IV

HIP 26762

HIP 26762 is a subgiant star of spectral type F0IV in the constellation Orion, 171.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance171.9 light-years (52.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.93
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.32
Spectral typeF0IV
Surface temperature7,390 K
Luminosity10.2 L☉
Radius1.94 R☉
Mass1.79 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 41m 05.6s
Declination (J2000)+0° 20′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.93). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° 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 1854. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 26762, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.44, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

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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.