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Star · F0V

HIP 49339

HIP 49339 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0V in the constellation Hydra, 223.6 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationHydra
Distance223.6 light-years (68.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.70
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.52
Spectral typeF0V
Surface temperature7,440 K
Luminosity21.3 L☉
Radius2.78 R☉
Mass2.18 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 04m 20.9s
Declination (J2000)−24° 17′ 08″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)41.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.70). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 66° N. South of latitude 66° S it never sets. 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 1802. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 49339, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.01, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 48763 14.1 light-years
  • HIP 48559 15.5 light-years
  • HIP 48693 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 49561 15.9 light-years
  • HIP 50890 19.4 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.