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Star · A2III

HIP 28019

HIP 28019 is a giant star of spectral type A2III in the constellation Orion, 328.4 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationOrion
Distance328.4 light-years (100.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.27
Spectral typeA2III
Surface temperature9,480 K
Luminosity33.9 L☉
Radius2.16 R☉
Mass2.49 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 55m 35.4s
Declination (J2000)−4° 47′ 19″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)18.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.28). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 85° 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 1698. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 28019, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.84, 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.