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Star · A5V

HIP 52513

HIP 52513 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A5V in the constellation Leo, 206.9 light-years from the Sun.

ConstellationLeo
Distance206.9 light-years (63.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.27
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 2.26
Spectral typeA5V
Surface temperature8,190 K
Luminosity11.5 L☉
Radius1.68 R☉
Mass1.84 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)10h 44m 14.5s
Declination (J2000)+19° 45′ 32″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.27). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 70° S. North of latitude 70° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1819. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around HIP 52513, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Aquarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 52514 13.5 light-years
  • HIP 53225 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 53337 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 52026 16.4 light-years
  • HIP 51594 18.6 light-years
  • HIP 53414 18.8 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.