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Star · B9V

HIP 4675

HIP 4675 is a main-sequence star of spectral type B9V in the constellation Andromeda, 484.7 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationAndromeda
Distance484.7 light-years (148.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.69
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.17
Spectral typeB9V
Surface temperature10,250 K
Luminosity143 L☉
Radius3.8 R☉
Mass3.75 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)1h 00m 03.6s
Declination (J2000)+44° 42′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.3 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.69). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 45° S. North of latitude 45° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1541. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.6 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 4675, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.69, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Centaurus. 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.