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Star · A2V

HIP 29852

HIP 29852 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2V in the constellation Columba, 204.3 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationColumba
Distance204.3 light-years (62.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.88
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.90
Spectral typeA2V
Surface temperature8,670 K
Luminosity17 L☉
Radius1.83 R☉
Mass2.04 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)6h 17m 09.6s
Declination (J2000)−37° 15′ 13″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.88). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 53° N. South of latitude 53° 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 1822. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 29852, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.81, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Lyra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 30261 11.6 light-years
  • HIP 28419 12.5 light-years
  • HIP 30846 12.8 light-years
  • HIP 28333 14.9 light-years
  • HIP 28241 15.4 light-years
  • HIP 29697 15.4 light-years
  • TOI-512 17.1 light-years
  • HIP 31280 17.8 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.