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Star · A0V

HIP 41451

HIP 41451 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Volans, 287.5 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVolans
Distance287.5 light-years (88.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.51
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.78
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature10,430 K
Luminosity61.3 L☉
Radius2.4 R☉
Mass2.94 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 27m 16.7s
Declination (J2000)−70° 05′ 36″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.51). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 20° N. South of latitude 20° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1739. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 41451, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.56, 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 43617 12.7 light-years
  • HIP 42709 14.7 light-years
  • HIP 40173 14.8 light-years
  • HIP 37924 18.7 light-years
  • TOI-4567 19.6 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.