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Star · A0

HIP 29323

HIP 29323 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0 in the constellation Monoceros, 604.2 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationMonoceros
Distance604.2 light-years (185.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.15
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.19
Spectral typeA0
Surface temperature10,000 K
Luminosity140 L☉
Radius3.94 R☉
Mass3.73 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 11m 01.2s
Declination (J2000)−6° 45′ 15″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)21.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.15). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 83° 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 1422. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 29323, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.17, 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.