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Star · F3IV

HIP 44315

HIP 44315 is a subgiant star of spectral type F3IV in the constellation Hydra, 873.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHydra
Distance873.9 light-years (267.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.08
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.06
Spectral typeF3IV
Surface temperature4,490 K
Luminosity418 L☉
Radius33.8 R☉
Mass5.09 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 01m 31.4s
Declination (J2000)+5° 38′ 28″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)50.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.08). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° S. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1152. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 16 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 44315, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.97, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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.