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Star · A4V

HIP 27341

HIP 27341 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A4V in the constellation Orion, 1,285 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance1,285 light-years (394.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.04
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.94
Spectral typeA4V
Surface temperature8,700 K
Luminosity582 L☉
Radius10.6 R☉
Mass5.6 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 47m 26.9s
Declination (J2000)−10° 31′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)32.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.04). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 79° N. South of latitude 79° S 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 741. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 23 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 27341, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.81, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. 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.