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Star · A9

HIP 41483

HIP 41483 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A9 in the constellation Vela, 197.8 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationVela
Distance197.8 light-years (60.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.08
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.17
Spectral typeA9
Surface temperature7,750 K
Luminosity30.2 L☉
Radius3.04 R☉
Mass2.4 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)8h 27m 36.6s
Declination (J2000)−53° 05′ 18″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.08). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 37° N. South of latitude 37° 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 1828. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 41483, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.74, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cygnus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 40840 11.1 light-years
  • HIP 39947 14.6 light-years
  • HIP 40313 14.9 light-years
  • HIP 39680 18.6 light-years
  • HIP 42178 19.4 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.