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Star · A1

HIP 28484

HIP 28484 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1 in the constellation Pictor, 210.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationPictor
Distance210.7 light-years (64.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.65
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.60
Spectral typeA1
Surface temperature8,110 K
Luminosity20.9 L☉
Radius2.32 R☉
Mass2.17 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 00m 49.2s
Declination (J2000)−51° 12′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.65). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 39° N. South of latitude 39° 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 1815. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 28484, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.88, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Draco. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 28240 8.29 light-years
  • HIP 29185 13.9 light-years
  • HIP 27978 16.0 light-years
  • HIP 29193 18.4 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.